What Is the Autism Spectrum?

Autism spectrum disorder is called that for a reason. There's a huge range of experiences that fall under the diagnosis. So here’s what we know today about the entire spectrum of autism—where it comes from, how to recognize it, and how it's treated.

Hosted by: Hank Green (He/Him)
----------
Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow
----------
Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Adam Brainard, Alex Hackman, Ash, Benjamin Carleski, Bryan Cloer, charles george, Chris Mackey, Chris Peters, Christoph Schwanke, Christopher R Boucher, DrakoEsper, Eric Jensen, Friso, Garrett Galloway, Harrison Mills, J. Copen, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Jeffrey Mckishen, Jeremy Mattern, Kenny Wilson, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Lyndsay Brown, Matt Curls, Michelle Dove, Piya Shedden, Rizwan Kassim, Sam Lutfi
----------
Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet?
SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow
Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow

#SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly
----------
Sources:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929984/ https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-asd
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/autism-spectrum-disorders
https://molecularautism.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13229-018-0208-6
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1362361320919286
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4067639/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-013-1906-8#Sec9
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006322310011686
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10803-006-0307-7#Sec5
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7082250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4652641/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41525-019-0098-3#Sec11
https://www.nimh.nih.gov/about/budget/fy-2019-budget-congressional-justification
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6602383/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5418740/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432815301704?via%3Dihub#bib0010
https://www.mchatscreen.com/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/320735194_Wechsler_Adult_Intelligence_Scale-IV_WAIS-IV
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-0-387-79061-9_2993
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12144-018-9812-z#citeas

Image Sources

www.gettyimages.com
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DSM-5_%26_DSM-IV-TR.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Henry_Phipps_Psychiatric_Clinic.jpg
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/autism-syndrome-person-royalty-free-image/1136507411?phrase=aspergers&adppopup=true
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hans_Asperger_portrait_ca_1940.png
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Autorecessive.svg
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6602383
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Motor-related-brain-activity-during-action-observation-a-neural-substrate-for-electrocorticographic-Movie1.ogv