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What is autism and are other common mental illnesses?
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Too Broad to answer: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that presents in early childhood. Patients on the autism spectrum vary significantly in their clinical presentation but share difficulties in the speech/language realm, sensory integration and social interactions. The term " common mental illness" is very broad and covers multiple diagnoses which may have variety of causes. Send more specific question.
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