Season 2: Episode #10 - STORIES: Parents of Children on the Autism Spectrum

In My Backyard

Nov 16 2022 | 00:54:27

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Show Notes

Today’s podcast is the fourth installment of the “In My Backyard” series: STORIES. In this episode, Patricia speaks with two parents of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association published the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, or DSM. In this edition, what had been referred to as Autistic […]

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