Aug 2, 2017
Does autism happen the way we think it does?
Illustration Kouzuo Sakai, courtesy Spectrum Magazine
My latest story, about how autism starts, starts like this:
One of the oldest ideas in autism — as old as the naming of the condition itself — is that it comes in two forms: one present from birth, and one that abruptly emerges in toddlerhood. The latter type, or so the idea goes, announces itself through a rapid loss of skills.
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