How families are driving the study of autism genes
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Parents of children with rare autism-linked mutations are banding together for support and to join forces with scientists, accelerating the pace of research.
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In search of truce in the autism wars
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The fight between those who define autism as a medical condition and those who see it as a mere difference has reached vitriolic levels. Can the two sides come together to support all autistic people?
Spectrum is an editorially independent division of the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative.
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