What is autism?

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A diagnosis consists of several characteristic difficulties that are so important that they imply a disability. We are all unique individuals and a quality that is a difficulty in one situation may be an asset in another. Autism is a problem of social interaction and of difficulties in understanding what other people think and feel. Read more about what's in your backpack, when you have autism.

Backpack autism

You are not autism, rather, you have some difficulties that are included in the diagnosis. One might imagine that the difficulties involved in diagnosis are like stones you wear in a rucksack.