Diagnoses of autism have become more frequent since the 1980s, leading to various controversies in autism about both its causes and the nature of the diagnoses themselves. Whether autism has mainly a genetic or developmental cause, and the degree of coincidence between autism and intellectual disability, are all matters of scientific controversy and inquiry.
Diagnoses of autism have become more frequent since the 1980s, leading to various controversies in autism about both its causes and the nature of the diagnoses themselves. Whether autism has mainly a genetic or developmental cause, and the degree of coincidence between autism and intellectual disability, are all matters of scientific controversy and inquiry.
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