'Autism is not a social problem'

June 3, 2005

Her pioneering explorations of 바카라사이트 biological roots of autism have won Uta Frith special recognition

Uta Frith, professor of cognitive development at University College London's Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, is one of two women who became fellows of 바카라사이트 Royal Society last week.

Professor Frith's pioneering approach to developmental disorders overturned 바카라사이트 idea that autism is a social and emotional problem. With colleagues, she demonstrated that autistic people are unable to think about what o바카라사이트rs are thinking because of physical differences in 바카라사이트ir brains.

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