Diagnostic inflation in autism spectrum disorder: an epistemological and methodological reappraisal

CONCLUSION: Restoring diagnostic specificity to ASD is not opposed to the neurodiversity framework. It is the precondition for ensuring that the diagnostic label, when applied, identifies a population for which evidence-based interventions exist and the care pathway is appropriate.

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