Often autism is portrayed in the media as a very negative condition, as something that prevents somebody from communicating or from socializing or from being able to have any kind of normal, happy life.
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Autism is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by social withdrawal, by repetitive behaviors and by some kind of focal attention in its classic form. Basically, it's an inability to relate to others.
Autism is a very serious condition.
Autism does exist on a spectrum, and there are so many manifestations of it, so many kinds of expressions of it. And every case is particular.
Autism is an extremely variable disorder.
Autism is a complicated illness, and children with a variety of treatments and non-treatments show improvement over time, which is all to the good.
We might want to figure out what are the positive effects of autism - mild cases.
Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be on the severe end of the spectrum. But if you got rid of all the autism genetics, you wouldn't have science or art. All you would have is a bunch of social 'yak yaks.'
As a scientist leading a funding agency for autism research, I think of autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder.
People think about autism as something with kids. Well, those kids grow up.
I've been interested in autism since I've known about it, which is more or less since I've been writing.
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