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  • Children with autism are more likely to be bullied in (and sometimes by) schools, and people with autism are at greater risk for depression and anxiety than are so-called "neuro-typical" (non-autistic) people.

    Michele Somerville: It Takes a (Christmas) Village to Raise a Child With Autism Michele Somerville 2011

  • In particular, people who, like myself and Mr. McKinnon, are only diagnosed with Asperger's in adult life, who have been able to 'pass' as neurotypical ( 'normal', non-autistic), should not use the diagnosis as an excuse for crimes.

    Autistic Hacker fights Extradition nissa_amas_katoj 2009

  • Worse, parents of non-autistic children began to withdraw from vaccination programs, quickly creating the risk that some communities would lose "herd immunity" — the threshold level that permits even those never inoculated to benefit due to the successful immunization of those around them.

    An Epidemic of Ignorance Michael Shermer 2011

  • Investigators were, with a very high degree of accuracy, able to separate autistic from non-autistic children at 1 year of age.

    Hot Topics: Autism 2008

  • * My sister is neurotypical non-autistic, but she works at a clinic that, among other things, provides behavioral therapy for autistic kids.

    Autism Spectrum Disorder jimhines 2010

  • It would mean those children would not be old enough for the vaccine or to show signs of autism and they were put into the non-vaccinated, non-autistic group ....

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • I tried as hard as I could to act "normal" and achieved a certain degree of success in blending in a non-autistic world, but still felt an underlying sense of insecurity that I was hiding some big part of who I am.

    Mike Elk: Coming Out of the Closet ... About Being Autistic 2009

  • The set-up is threatened by the jealousy of non-autistic colleagues, by restructuring within the firm, and - the central plot - the appearance of a potential cure for autism.

    Archive 2009-03-01 Sci-Fi Gene 2009

  • "They're able to mentally segment the design into its component parts so they can see where each block would go," says Ellen Winner, a professor of psychology at Boston College, something non-autistic kids have trouble doing.

    Kids With Autism Love This Software 2009

  • This story makes me wonder where the recruiters go fishing for non-autistic, supposedly neurotypical people to serve their country.

    Chantal Sicile-Kira: Breaking News in San Diego: The Marines are Looking for A Few Good Men 2009

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