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1. Introduction
2. International awareness
3. Autism research is expected to grow
4. Reductions in child mortality
5. Autism around the world (1)
6. Autism advocacy societies
7. Autism around the world (2)
8. Autism prevalence around the world (1)
9. Autism prevalence around the world (2)
10. Autism and culture
11. Cultural factors
12. Who schizophrenia studies
13. Learning from schizophrenia studies
14. Developmental disorders and culture
15. DSM - 1952
16. DSM - 1968
17. Adoption of DSM and ICD
18. A cross cultural comparison: USA and France
19. Importance of a meaningful diagnostic term
20. Social changes
21. Diagnostic net widens (1)
22. Diagnostic net widens (2)
23. Diagnostic net widens (3)
24. Autism spectrum disorders
25. Autism stereotype
26. Autism - it was there all along
27. Where are the adults with autism?
28. Diagnostic substitution
29. Age of diagnosis
30. Prevalence of autism among children born 1989
31. Autism and the IDEA
32. Number of children with autism classification
33. Traumatic brain injury and IDEA
34. Regional center eligible persons with autism
35. Age of persons with autism receiving services
36. Challenges to ASD surveillance
37. Prevalence and access to services
38. Total prevalence of ASDs per 1,000
39. Somalis autism in Minnesota (1)
40. Somalis autism in Minnesota (2)
41. Disease or disability? (1)
42. Disease or disability? (2)
43. Autism diagnosis in Korea
44. Language and diagnosis
45. Marathon (1)
46. Marathon (2)
47. Marathon (3)
48. Marathon (4)
49. Milal school (Seoul, South Korea)
50. Autism in India
51. Autism rights
52. Neurodiversity

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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Series:

• Autism and Autism Spectrum Disorders

Categories:

• Clinical Practice
• Neuroscience

Therapeutic Areas:

• Neurology

Talk Citation

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 May 15, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.69645/HVRE7959.
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Publication History

• 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.