Autism Treatment Shifts Away from ‘Fixing’ the Condition
There are different ways to be happy and function well, even if your brain is not typical
“We’ve moved away from thinking of autism as a condition that needs to be eliminated or fixed to thinking about autism as part of the neurodiversity that exists across humankind,” says Geraldine Dawson, director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development in Durham, N.C. “The question then becomes, How do we best support people who are autistic?
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