Has the Autism Spectrum Become Too Broad?

Autism is now used to describe people with an extremely wide range of abilities and support needs. In an editorial published in the journal Psychological Medicine, the UCL professor says the modern autism spectrum may have become so broad that greater diagnostic precision is needed. Diagnostic definitions gradually expanded to include people without intellectual disability or major language difficulties, and autism eventually became grouped under the single diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder, or ASD. Frith argues that such findings should encourage scientists to investigate whether the current autism spectrum may contain different groups that need to be understood separately. If you care about autism, please read studies about food additives and ADHD, and natural fixes for ADHD.