Autism – friendly day for shopping centres?

Autism awareness has become more widespread this century, and greater numbers of children with subtle symptoms are now diagnosed at young ages. But decades ago, doctors rarely diagnosed people towards the subtler end of the spectrum.

“Fifty years ago, nobody would call autism what we call autism today – they would just be consid- ered quirky,” says Hens

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