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‘The term is becoming unrecognisable’: have the experts who believed in a single autism spectrum changed their minds?
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 1 Nov 2026, 06:00 UTC. The headline in use is “‘The term is becoming unrecognisable’: have the experts who believed in a single autism spectrum changed their minds?”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
There has been a steep rise in the number of people labelled autistic over the last 20 years. Is that down to greater understanding – or overdiagnosis?
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