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Professor Dame Uta Frith also warned that people on social media could be spreading ‘simplified or misleading ideas’ about autism ...

For most of human history, the mind was a mystery box. Behavior emerged, and we simply accepted it—strange, brilliant, troubled, gifted. But today, we peer inside that box. We map genes. We track ...

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Leading expert says ‘anyone can have autism now’ as she claims spectrum is too broad - Professor Dame Uta Frith said social ...

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