Response to Mottron et al. (2023) and Woods et al. (2023)

Einat Waizbard-Bartov^{1

2}, Deborah Fein^{3

4}, Catherine Lord⁵, David G Amaral²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
² The MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
³ Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
⁵ Departments of Psychiatry and Human Development and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Comment

Einat Waizbard-Bartov et al. Autism Res. 2023 Sep.

. 2023 Sep;16(9):1660-1661.

doi: 10.1002/aur.2982. Epub 2023 Aug 16.

Einat Waizbard-Bartov^{1

2}, Deborah Fein^{3

4}, Catherine Lord⁵, David G Amaral²

¹ Department of Psychology, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
² The MIND Institute and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis, Davis, California, USA.
³ Department of Psychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
⁵ Departments of Psychiatry and Human Development and Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

No abstract available

Comment on

Autism severity and its relationship to disability.
Waizbard-Bartov E, Fein D, Lord C, Amaral DG. Waizbard-Bartov E, et al. Autism Res. 2023 Apr;16(4):685-696. doi: 10.1002/aur.2898. Epub 2023 Feb 14. Autism Res. 2023. PMID: 36786314 Free PMC article.
Severity should be distinguished from prototypicality.
Mottron L, Gagnon D, Courchesne V. Mottron L, et al. Autism Res. 2023 Sep;16(9):1658-1659. doi: 10.1002/aur.2986. Epub 2023 Aug 15. Autism Res. 2023. PMID: 37583271 No abstract available.
"Profound autism": The dire consequences of diagnostic overshadowing.
Woods R, Williams K, Watts C. Woods R, et al. Autism Res. 2023 Sep;16(9):1656-1657. doi: 10.1002/aur.2985. Epub 2023 Aug 15. Autism Res. 2023. PMID: 37583296 No abstract available.

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