Study challenges one view of autism

By Mark Roth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

There is something obviously wrong in the brains of people with autism, and one of the chief symptoms of that is the difficulty they have in understanding other people’s emotions and intentions.But exactly what causes that social awkwardness is still being debated among neuroscientists — and the debate only got sharper on Wednesday.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10133/1057866-114.stm

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One Response to “Study challenges one view of autism”

  1. Aspie74 says:

    “There is something obviously wrong in the brains of people with autism”.

    Sheer bigotry, will NTs ever accept that different is not a synonym for defective? Fact is NTs may have skills we lack, but we have skills you lack…if we’re to be considered defective for our deficiencies, logic would dictate you’re also disabled for yours!

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