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