“Profound Autism” Is the Term We Need to Provide Critical Specificity to a Broad Spectrum

• By: Alison Singer Autism Science Foundation
• January 6th, 2021
• categories, language, profound autism, self-injury, severe autism
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“What is your disability, because I’m not seeing one?” a young man on a date asks during an episode of Love on the Spectrum, Netflix’s recent reality show hit. “What does autism look like to you?” the young woman sitting across from him retorts. [caption id="attachment_5177"...