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Storm Newton

Autistic brains are ‘not dysfunctional, just different’, researchers suggest

The study looked at brain activity (Alamy/PA) -

The brains of people with autism are not dysfunctional, they just work differently, according to experts.

The small study, which used scans to analyse brain signals, suggests “a different form of brain organisation” in autistic people that “may reflect diverse ways of thinking”.

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