![]() “In terms of communication, people can come anywhere on the spectrum. The spectrum would look like a rainbow because anything can happen at any point. Continuum implied severity from high to low, but that’s not what we meant. At first we called it the autism continuum. “These traits tended to be seen together, but you could have anything on the dimension: anything on the communication dimension, anything on the imagination dimension, and so on. But we also saw children with aspects of social difficulties, communication difficulties, and imagination difficulties who didn’t fit in with precise criteria. She said, “ we saw the classic autistic aloof person with repetitive rituals and elaborate routines. Judith believes the key point to understand is that autism is a spectrum not because it is linear but because any factor can be present at any point. Lorna Wing, Judith came up with the term autism spectrum. She specializes in autism-spectrum disorders and learning disabilities. Judith is a chartered consultant clinical psychologist with more than forty years’ experience. Judith Gould at the Lorna Wing Centre for Autism. ![]() To get a more accurate perspective, I met Dr. ![]() ![]() “That the spectrum is linear couldn’t be further from the truth. ![]()
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