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Re:Autism research on single neurons suggests signaling prob... by daegloe on Saturday May 18, 2019 @05:18PM (#19949768)
Whether ASD is a disease or illness is still out for debate [0].

What most seem to agree on is that “Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) refers to a group of complex neurodevelopment disorders [1].”

Is a disorder a disease? While the terms are often used interchangeably by us laymen, the DSM-5 distinguishes the two [2].

[0] https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/abcs-child-psychiatr...

[1] https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Disorders/Patient-Caregiver-Educat...

[2] http://www2.hawaii.edu/~heiby/overheads_classification.html

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