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‘The term is becoming unrecognisable’: have the experts who believed in a single autism spectrum changed their minds?

There has been a steep rise in the number of people labelled autistic over the last 20 years. Is that down to greater understanding – or overdiagnosis? The home of 85-year-old Uta Frith does not exact…

The Guardian United Kingdom · 1 November 2026
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