In “Health & Science,” the Washington Post (5/3, Opar) reported in a nearly 2,000-word article on “a deep divide in the autism community: On one side are parents of” children with autism “with severe traits – including intellectual disability, limited language ability and self-harm – who say autism is a medical condition that needs often-intense treatment.” The “other side” is made up of “supporters of ‘neurodiversity,’ who maintain that the condition represents a neurological difference and a disability – one that society should accept and accommodate rather than try to prevent or cure.”
Related Links:
— “A medical condition or just a difference? The question roils autism community, “Alisa Opar, The Washington Post, May 3, 2019