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About Autism

Learn more about this mysterious, debilitating and increasingly more prevalent disease >

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History of Autism Blame

Read more about the current-day experience of raising autistic children. Mom Audrey Flack tells of lessons learned, Dads share their thoughts, and siblings, too. Tell us your stories. >

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Autism Virtual Roundtable

Have a question about autism you'd like an expert answer to? Check out P.O.V.'s Virtual Roundtable on Autism. Expert parents, doctors and autism advocates Dr. Bernard Rimland, Clara Claiborne Park and Dr. Marrea Winnega answered a selection of viewer questions about the causes and symptoms of autism and shared tips for families with autistic loved ones. >

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History of Autism Blame

Find out how the medical establishment came to blame mothers as the cause of autism for most of the 20th century. >
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