Should People With Autism and Very High Needs Have a Separate Diagnosis? Takeaways From Ap’s Report
February 15, 2026
Dena Gassner, PhD, a senior research scientist in the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, was quoted in two Feb. 15 Associated Press stories about autism. One about a push to create a new diagnosis called "profound autism," and another about a family with two children living with profound autism.
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