Topics Covered
- International awareness
- Autism prevalence worldwide
- Autism and culture
- Learning from schizophrenia studies
- Developmental disorders and culture
- The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
- Adoption of DSM and International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
- Cross-cultural comparisons
- Importance of a meaningful diagnostic term
- Social changes
- The diagnostic net has widened
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Pervasive developmental disorders
- Adults with autism
- Traumatic brain injury and IDEA
- Challenges to ASD surveillance
- Prevalence and access to services
- Disease or disability?
- Language and diagnosis
- Autism rights
- Neurodiversity
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Grinker, R. (2010, February 23). Autism and culture: the effect on epidemiology and diagnosis at home and abroad [Video file]. In
The Biomedical & Life Sciences Collection, Henry Stewart Talks. Retrieved December 8, 2023, from
https://hstalks.com/bs/1632/.
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Published on February 23, 2010
Financial Disclosures
- Prof. Roy Grinker has not informed HSTalks of any commercial/financial relationship that it is appropriate to disclose.