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Autism in popular culture
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder currently defined in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the eleventh edition of the International Classification of Diseases. As with many neurodivergent people and conditions, the popular image of autistic people and autism itself is often based on inaccurate media representations. Additionally, media about autism and statements by political figures may promote pseudoscience such as vaccine denial or facilitated communication. Since the 1970s, portrayals of autistic people (and now-defunct autism subtypes, such as Asperger syndrome) have become more frequent, and contemporary portrayals of autism in the past two decades are listed. Public perception of autism is often based on these fictional portrayals in novels, biographies, movies, and television series. Portrayals of autism in popular culture have limitations that recent developments hope to address through consulting experts...
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