Does autism have an essential nature?

Debate 1. Does autism have an essential nature? Damian Milton, a sociologist and activist and Sami Timimi a child and adolescent psychiatrist. The essential nature of autism (and the merits of diagnosis) in a series of emails in summer 2016 before an initial meeting of the Rethinking Autism Network...

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Main Authors: Milton, Damian, Timimi, Sami
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://kar.kent.ac.uk/62684/
https://kar.kent.ac.uk/62684/1/Debate%201.pdf
http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/exploringdiagnosis/debates/debate-1/
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Summary:Debate 1. Does autism have an essential nature? Damian Milton, a sociologist and activist and Sami Timimi a child and adolescent psychiatrist. The essential nature of autism (and the merits of diagnosis) in a series of emails in summer 2016 before an initial meeting of the Rethinking Autism Network (RAN).