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Autism reaches out in many different directions. It can be associated with language delays. It can be associated with epilepsy. It can be associated with some degree of intellectual disability, but the two core features of autism, I see, is impairments and social cognition, understanding and in restricted interests and repetitive behaviors.

Gerald Fischbach

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Gerald Fischbach
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 15
Neuroscientist
New Rochelle
New York
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