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So... you agree with what I am saying?

My point is, if it is commonplace to refer to Autism as a spectrum we are already acknowledging that it is not a single thing.

Which seems to be the entire basis of this article while also mixing in the rambling of someone anti-science that frankly won't change even if it was split up.

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I don't know enough above the subject (and what I could make of the article isn't helpful) to know if I agree or not. We should split Autism if we can conclusively separate people into the different diagnoses and then give them the correct treatment (which would be wrong for the other). However if we still give the same treatments in the end there isn't any point even if we can find different symptoms to result in a different diagnosis.

As science learns more (or I learn more) I reserve the right to change my position.

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