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During the 8-year period from 2012 to 2020, there has been a threefold increase in autism diagnoses coinciding with the 2013 creation of the autism spectrum umbrella under which are now included conditions that are dissimilar to autism. During the same time period there has been no increase in any of the other disorders listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). It thus appears that two-thirds of those allegedly on the autism spectrum may not in fact be autistic. The implications for autism research are profound.
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This article is important because it explains the needs for (a) isolating true cases of autism from the misleading spectrum, and (b) identifying causative factors rather than looking for statistical correlations.
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The creation of the misleading autism spectrum has significantly hindered autism research
David Rowland
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This page is a summary of: A New Direction for Autism Research, January 2020, Kosmos Publishers,
DOI: 10.37722/jnpabr.202021.
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