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Autism and hair

18 Jan

Toward a biologically-based method for diagnosing autism

Read the full article here.

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/fda-cites-hair-based-autism-diagnostic-aid-as-breakthrough/?utm_source=Spectrum+Newsletters&utm_campaign=20def4b2c4

Autism rates

10 Dec

Rise in autism rates in the US.:

A true increase in incidence or improved awareness and identification?

https://www.disabilityscoop.com/2021/12/02/cdc-says-1-in-44-kids-have-autism/29613/

PROFOUND AUTISM

7 Dec

A new autism designation?

A commission organized recently by the journal Lancet "formally introduces the term profound autism to refer to autistic people with severe intellectual disability, limited communication, or both.

Persons who would belong to this category comprise from 18-48 percent of autistic people. Recognition of this subgroup of autistic persons is important to identify persons with very high clinical services.

https://www.statnews.com/2021/12/07/labels-can-harm-but-they-also-can-help-see-profound-autism/?fbclid=IwAR3f-6gIWHv5OZbjBqJJqxZI59wbJTrjTxE593Mk2pn6ZFJE319PENUcdAE

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