====== Autism ====== **Autism** is tough to define because there is such a wide swath of people afflicted by [[neurodevelopmental]] disorders of complex and unclear cause that autism might simple be seen a basket for all such conditions. Debates regarding autism have also often veered into the political. ===== Theories of Autism ===== Given the wide array of presentations of autism, defining a single theory of autism may be an impossible challenge. ==== Mind-Blindness Theory of Autism ====