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Episode #032 - The Case for Profound Autism, with Dr. Lee Wachtel
Episode #032 - The Case for Profound Autism, with Dr. Lee Wachtel
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Length:
76 minutes
Released:
Mar 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
This is an audio recording of the NCSA March 14, 2023 webinar featuring Dr. Lee Elizabeth Wachtel, one of the world's foremost clinicians serving patients with severe and profound autism. She is Medical Director of the Neurobehavioral Unit at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University, Maryland. She discusses:—The vast chasm between high-functioning neurodiversity and profound autism—How the Lancet Commission defined Profound Autism—The many ways autism causes suffering in this population—How no other medical diagnosis is subjected to same demands by the milder impaired population—And much more
Links:
To watch the presentation (with slides) on YouTube, please visit the NCSA YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@nationalcouncilonsevereaut902
National Council on Severe Autism: NCSAutism.org/Autism Confidential: AutismConfidential.org/
Links:
To watch the presentation (with slides) on YouTube, please visit the NCSA YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@nationalcouncilonsevereaut902
National Council on Severe Autism: NCSAutism.org/Autism Confidential: AutismConfidential.org/
Released:
Mar 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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