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Autism reference

What does ‘spectrum’ mean in autism? It is not a line from mild to severe

That is why autism makes more sense as a pattern with several dimensions than as a single scale running from mild to severe.

Autism reference

Why “mild autism” can be misleading. Support needs are not one severity score

Calling autism mild can sometimes describe how little difficulty other people notice rather than how much the autistic person experiences.