Autism: Disability or neurological difference?
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Neurodiversity: disabilities or neurological differences

The idea behind Neurodiversity is that conditions such as autism should be seen not as disabilities, but as perfectly normal neurological differences between people.

Daily Politics reporter Ellie Price met London Philharmonic Orchestra cellist Elisabeth Wiklander, who was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at the age of 26, and says it is not a disability.

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  • 03 May 2018
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