If a 200-word webMD article constitutes the history of autism from your perspective, then perhaps you ought to consider expanding your sources. The article mentions Leo Kanner in passing--I have read excerpts of Kanner's actual notes from his actual cases when he first began seeing autistic individuals in his practice. My books do not contradict the body of knowledge about autism, because they are for the most part nothing but collections of the body of knowledge about autism. They put all the studies in one accessible place, and point out methodological flaws where they see them. It is the current body of knowledge itself which contradicts what the CDC and various other institutions are telling the public. Either they can back up their assertions with study data, or they can't. And so far, they can't.
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