Nature recently published an article on the need for the study of autism "must account for a variety of behavioral norms in different societies."
The standard diagnostic of autism has been sharply shaped by a western standard of normativity. They have a particular view of what autism is, what the indicators are, and how to treat it. However, the cultural variances are challenging these assumptions and the lines are no longer clear cut.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v491/n7422_supp/full/491S18a.html
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