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Could being indifferent necessarily make someone autistic?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Autism is a: Mental health/neurological issue. Being indifferent does not cause a person to be autistic. You can't diagnose someone as autistic soley for being indifferent.

Answered 3/22/2014

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