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Library Categories > Awareness > What is "Real Autism?"

 
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What is "Real Autism?" 		   
Summary Statement:

If a person can travel the world, lecture to thousands, write books, and earn a doctorate despite his social and communication difficulties - is he "really" autistic?

If a child was diagnosed with autism at age two, but at age six is "recovered" (meaning no longer diagnosable based on the usual tests and evaluations) - was that child "really" autistic in the first place?

The easy answer to the question is "if the child was diagnosed by an autism expert, based on appropriate tests and evaluations, then YES, that child is or was really autistic." But that answer doesn't begin to address the frustrations that come along with the extraordinary breadth and depth of our present "autism spectrum."
Tags:

recovery
Submission Date:

10/26/2008by: shannonj
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