"As the diagnosis of autism is increasing the diagnosis of mental retardation is decreasing. And more and more on the other end, the high end, more children who are just a little bit off, who ordinarily you would not single out now are being described as perhaps Asperger’s syndrome or on the high end of the autism spectrum, so I don’t believe there is an epidemic."

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Source : "Big Think Panel Discussion on Autism". Interview with Susan Wilczynski, bigthink.com.

Gerald Fischbach

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