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Reconceptualizing autism : moving beyond the behavioral to address cause, cure and prevention
Since the publication of Leo Kanner's seminal paper in 1943, there has been essentially no definitive light shed on the cause, prevention or cure of autism. It is our contention that the reason lies, at least in part, with the original psychiatric conceptualization of the condition and the subsequent acceptance of this framework by health professionals ever since. We suggest an urgent revision of autism as a disease state such that its operationalization in major diagnostic systems such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and International Classification of Diseases recognizes the biological variables known to be associated with autism.
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Austism insightsVolume
2Pagination
25 - 30Publisher
Libertas AcademicaLocation
Auckland, New ZealandISSN
1179-5964Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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