The idea is to embrace the massive variation that exists between autistic individuals. The hope is that these autism subtypes could one day aid diagnosis or enable better support for autistic people. www.newscientist.com/article/2509...
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What if the idea of the autism spectrum is completely wrong?
For years, we've thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct types. The implications for how we support autistic people could be profound