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16 Mar 2016, 12:01 am

A Brief History of Autism Research - The Atlantic


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16 Mar 2016, 4:45 pm

Thank you so much for posting this. It soooo concisely expresses some of the core problems of research bias in autism research and then media bias in reporting it.

Would you mind if I move it to the General Forum?

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16 Mar 2016, 10:47 pm

You can move it.


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