Looking into the past for a deeper understanding of autism - LAT

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Looking into the past for a deeper understanding of autism.

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Scientists are just beginning to find cases of autism that were

overlooked or called something else in an earlier era. If their research

shows that autism has always been present at roughly the same rate as

today, it could ease worries that an epidemic is on the loose. Part 4 of 4.

The series:

*Sunday:* An epidemic of disease or of discovery?

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*Tuesday:* Services go to those who fight hardest

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*Thursday:* Families chase the dream of recovery

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*Today:* Finding traces of autism in earlier eras

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