The word autism was first used in the English language by Swiss psychiatrist Eugene Bleuler in a 1912 number of the American Journal of Insanity. However, the classification of autism did not occur until the middle of the twentieth century, when in 1943 psychiatrist Dr. Leo Kanner of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore reported on 11 child patients with striking behavioral similarities, and introduced the label early infantile autism. He suggested "autism" from the Greek αυτος (autos), meaning "sel ...

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Autism, Autism - History, Autism - Terminology, Autism - Characteristics, Autism - Social development, Autism - Sensory system, Autism - Communication difficulties, Autism - Repetitive behaviors, Autism - Effects in education, Autism - DSM definition, Autism - Types of autism, Autism - Asperger's and Kanner's syndrome, Autism - Autism as a spectrum disorder, Autism - Models, Autism - Epidemiology, Autism - Theories of the etiology of autism, Autism - Increase in diagnoses of autism, Autism - Therapies, Autism - Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism - Relationship Development Intervention, Autism - Son-Rise, Autism - Snoezelen, Autism - Autism and computing, Autism - Gluten-free casein-free diet, Autism - MB12, Autism - Sociology, Autism - Community and politics, Autism - Culture, Autism - Autistic adults, Autism - Autistic savants, Autism - Other pervasive developmental disorders, Autism - Rett syndrome, Autism - Childhood disintegrative disorder, Autism - Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, Autism - Footnotes

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Autism, Autism - History, Autism - Terminology, Autism - Characteristics, Autism - Social development, Autism - Sensory system, Autism - Communication difficulties, Autism - Repetitive behaviors, Autism - Effects in education, Autism - DSM definition, Autism - Types of autism, Autism - Asperger's and Kanner's syndrome, Autism - Autism as a spectrum disorder, Autism - Models, Autism - Epidemiology, Autism - Theories of the etiology of autism, Autism - Increase in diagnoses of autism, Autism - Therapies, Autism - Applied Behavior Analysis, Autism - Relationship Development Intervention, Autism - Son-Rise, Autism - Snoezelen, Autism - Autism and computing, Autism - Gluten-free casein-free diet, Autism - Sociology, Autism - Community and politics, Autism - Culture, Autism - Autistic adults, Autism - Autistic savants, Autism - Other pervasive developmental disorders, Autism - Rett syndrome, Autism - Childhood disintegrative disorder, Autism - Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, Autism - Footnotes

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Shortly after Autism Network International was founded in 1993, the world wide web began to emerge and autistic people started to make websites that expressed their views of autism. As time went on, more and more such websites started. Autistics.Org was founded in 1998 and started Internet campaigns in 2000. Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement. On December 20, 2004, Amy Harmon published an article in the New York Times titled "How about not curing us? Some autistics are pleading" wh ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder that manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. Although the specific etiology of autism is unknown, many researchers suspect that autism results from genetically mediated vulnerabilities to environmental triggers. And while there is disagreement about the magnitude, nature, and mechanisms for such environmental factors, researchers have found at least seven major genes prevalent among ind ...

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• Autism - History
• Autism - Terminology
• Autism - Characteristics
• Autism - Social development
• Autism - Sensory system
• Autism - Communication difficulties
• Autism - Repetitive behaviors
• Autism - Effects in education
• Autism - DSM definition
• Autism - Types of autism
• Autism - Asperger's and Kanner's syndrome
• Autism - Autism as a spectrum disorder
• Autism - Models
• Autism - Epidemiology
• Autism - Theories of the etiology of autism
• Autism - Increase in diagnoses of autism
• Autism - Therapies
• Autism - Applied Behavior Analysis
• Autism - Relationship Development Intervention
• Autism - Son-Rise
• Autism - Snoezelen
• Autism - Autism and computing
• Autism - Gluten-free casein-free diet
• Autism - MB12
• Autism - Sociology
• Autism - Community and politics
• Autism - Culture
• Autism - Autistic adults
• Autism - Autistic savants
• Autism - Other pervasive developmental disorders
• Autism - Rett syndrome
• Autism - Childhood disintegrative disorder
• Autism - Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified
• Autism - Footnotes

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The autism rights movement was started by adult autistic individuals in order to advocate and demand tolerance for what they refer to as their neurodiversity. The movement is supported by some neurotypicals including parents of autistic children. The movement has been criticized by parents of autistic children who disagree with its anti-cure and pro-neurodiversity views. The use of the Internet has made it possible for autistics to present their perspective when they do not have the communication skills to do so offline. Even s ...

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• Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective
• Autism rights movement - People in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Organized groups
• Autism rights movement - Individuals
• Autism rights movement - Numbers
• Autism rights movement - History
• Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement
• Autism rights movement - Issues
• Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment
• Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism
• Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism
• Autism rights movement - Adult issues
• Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits
• Autism rights movement - Functioning labels
• Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group
• Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities
• Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people
• Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns
• Autism rights movement - Controversy
• Autism rights movement - Criticism
• Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement
• Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate
• Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement
• Autism rights movement - Notes

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The Vaccine Safety Datalink Project (VSD) was established, in 1990, by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) for the study of adverse side effects of vaccines. Four large health maintenance organizations, including Kaiser Permanente, were initially recruited to provide the CDC with medical data on vaccination histories, health outcomes, and subject characteristics. The VSD database comprises data compiled from surveillance on more than seven million Americans, including about 500,000 children from birth throug ...

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• Vaccine Safety Datalink - No evidence of harm reported
• Vaccine Safety Datalink - Crisis of vaccine safety confidence
• Vaccine Safety Datalink - Access to database

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The brain of Albert Einstein has often been a subject of research and speculation. Einstein's brain, removed shortly after the death of the famous physicist, has attracted attention because of his reputation for being one of the foremost geniuses of the 20th century, and apparent regularities or irregularities in the brain have been used to either prove or disprove various notions about correlations in neuroanatomy with general or mathematical intelligence. Albert Einstein's brain - History. Einstein had ex ...

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• Albert Einstein's brain - History
• Albert Einstein's brain - Preservation and study
• Albert Einstein's brain - Possible Experiments
• Albert Einstein's brain - Sources

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Facilitated communication (FC) is a method that purports to help people with speech or expressive problems to point to spell out words and sentences. The goal of the method is to enable the person to use an augmentative communication device independently. Usually, the facilitator holds the person's hand, wrist or arm in his hand, prompting the patient to pick out letters on a letterboard or keyboard. The facilitator prompts the client to point to letters and puts slight pressure back on the hand, wr ...

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• Facilitated communication - History
• Facilitated communication - Concerns

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Measles, also known as rubeola, is a disease caused by a virus of the genus Morbillivirus. Reports of measles go back to at least 700, however, the first scientific description of the disease and its distinction from smallpox is attributed to the Muslim physician Ibn Razi (Rhazes) 860-932 who published a book entitled "Smallpox and Measles" (in Arabic: Kitab fi al-jadari wa-al-hasbah). In 1954, the virus causing the disease was isolated, and licensed vaccines to ...

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• Measles - Symptoms
• Measles - Diagnosis
• Measles - Treatment
• Measles - Complications
• Measles - Public health

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Beginning in the 1960s, a movement called anti-psychiatry claimed that psychiatric patients do not necessarily have a "mental illness", but in fact are individuals who do not ascribe to the same conventional belief system, or consensus reality, shared by most people in their particular culture. Adherents of this movement sometimes refer to "the myth of mental illness", after Dr. Thomas Szasz's controversial book, The Myth of Mental Illness. Anti-psychiatry - Origins of anti-psychiatry. The term "anti ...

Including:

• Anti-psychiatry - Origins of anti-psychiatry
• Anti-psychiatry - Arguments against anti-psychiatry
• Anti-psychiatry - Responses
• Anti-psychiatry - Variations in prevalence
• Anti-psychiatry - Arguments from precedent
• Anti-psychiatry - Insanity defense
• Anti-psychiatry - Institutionalization and coercive treatment
• Anti-psychiatry - Psychiatry a pseudo-science?
• Anti-psychiatry - State of modern-day psychiatry
• Anti-psychiatry - Parodies
• Anti-psychiatry - Quotes

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Shortly after Autism Network International was founded in 1993, the world wide web began to emerge and autistic people started to make websites that expressed their views of autism. As time went on, more and more such websites started. Autistics.Org was founded in 1998 and started Internet campaigns in 2000. Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement. On December 20, 2004, Amy Harmon published an article in the New York Times titled "How about not curing us? Some autistics are pleading" wh ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Bernard Rimland, a psychologist and parent of an autistic son, early speculated that his son's autism was the result of a shock to several physiological systems. Dr. Rimland experimented with eliminating certain kinds of food and found that by eliminating casein and gluten from his son's diet, autistic symptoms were reduced. This gave rise to the notion of the "leaky gut" cause of autism, in which the gastrointestinal walls have been compromised, allowing for incompletely broken down and the ...

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Biomedical intervention for autism, Biomedical intervention for autism - History, Biomedical intervention for autism - Conceptual foundations, Biomedical intervention for autism - Restrictive diet, Biomedical intervention for autism - Nutritional supplements, Biomedical intervention for autism - Alternative therapies

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Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement. Although this movement is sometimes quoted as consisting only of autistic people, there are actually some parents involved in the movement [9]. For example, the website Neurodiversity.com is part of the autistic rights movement and is run by neurotypical parents of an autistic child. These parents say they value their children's autism as part of their uniqueness and individuality [10]. They still wish to help their children but wish to do so without the d ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Autism rights movement - Criticism. The movement has been criticized, mostly by parents of autistic children who believe the goals of the movement will not help their own children. There are some critics of the movement who still support some of the movement's goals despite opposing other goals. Critics of the movement argue that the autistic spectrum people in the movement are high functioning and/or Asperger's and that they have the ability to communicate. Lenny Schafer, for example, argues that those in ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement. Although this movement is sometimes quoted as consisting only of autistic people, there are actually some parents involved in the movement [9]. For example, the website Neurodiversity.com is part of the autistic rights movement and is run by neurotypical parents of an autistic child. These parents say they value their children's autism as part of their uniqueness and individuality [10]. They still wish to help their children but wish to do so without the d ...

See also:

Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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Autism rights movement - Criticism. The movement has been criticized, mostly by parents of autistic children who believe the goals of the movement will not help their own children. There are some critics of the movement who still support some of the movement's goals despite opposing other goals. Critics of the movement argue that the autistic spectrum people in the movement are high functioning and/or Asperger's and that they have the ability to communicate. Lenny Schafer, for example, argues that those in ...

See also:

Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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In 1978, Barry Kaufman published a book, Son-Rise, about his son Raun's "triumph over autism." Raun apparently had regressive autism subsequent to a series of ear infections. Not all the medical facts are available, and he may simply have had some developmental delays. His parents tried to communicate with Raun not by overt attempts to force neurotypical behavior, but by imitating his endless rocking, plate spinning and other rituals, while gently introducing eye contact, speech, song, etc., ...

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Son-Rise, Son-Rise - History, Son-Rise - Treatment and philosophy, Son-Rise - Outcomes

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The anti-cure prespective is considered the most fundamental value of the movement. Autistics with this perspective believe autism is not a disorder at all, but simply a variation in neurological hard-wiring. They believe that autism is a fundamental part of who they are and that autism is something that cannot be separated from the person. For this reason, they prefer to be referred to as "autistics" or "autistic people" instead of "people with autism" or "people who have autism", because "person with autism" implies that autism is s ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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The anti-cure perspective is considered the most fundamental value of the movement. Autistics with this perspective believe autism is not a disorder at all, but simply a variation in neurological hard-wiring. They believe that autism is a fundamental part of who they are and that autism is something that cannot be separated from the person. For this reason, they prefer to be referred to as "autistics" or "autistic people" instead of "people with autism" or "people who have autism", because "person with autism" implies that autism is s ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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The movement has a number of issues that range from challenging the way autistic people are treated by others to challenging the way autism is portrayed. Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment. For more details on this topic, see ethical challenges to autism treatment. There are many programs available intended as treatment for autism. However, autistic rights activists feel these treatments do not actually help autistic people but instead harm them. In p ...

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Autism rights movement, Autism rights movement - The anti-cure perspective, Autism rights movement - People in the movement, Autism rights movement - Role of parents in the movement, Autism rights movement - Organized groups, Autism rights movement - Individuals, Autism rights movement - Numbers, Autism rights movement - History, Autism rights movement - Noteworthy events in the movement, Autism rights movement - Issues, Autism rights movement - Ethical challenges to autism treatment, Autism rights movement - Opposition to eliminating autism, Autism rights movement - Opposition to an alleged insulting view of autism, Autism rights movement - Adult issues, Autism rights movement - Misconceptions of autistic traits, Autism rights movement - Functioning labels, Autism rights movement - Status as a social minority group, Autism rights movement - Activist methods and activities, Autism rights movement - Speculation of autism in famous people, Autism rights movement - Activist campaigns, Autism rights movement - Controversy, Autism rights movement - Criticism, Autism rights movement - Responses from the movement, Autism rights movement - Ongoing debate, Autism rights movement - Criticism within the movement, Autism rights movement - Notes

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