We’ve come too far to go back to a time when autism was defined solely in terms of deficits and mothers were made to feel guilty.
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By Roy Richard Grinker
Dr. Grinker is a cultural anthropologist and the author of “Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism.”
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