Adam Harris: We have come too far to return to the days of stigma about autism

“The minute you label somebody, they can unconsciously take on the features of that label. It doesn’t matter how you present it to them. They will learn in the world what being autistic means.”

Those are the words of Dr Suzanne O’Sulli­van, a consultant neurologist, who recently published a book entitled The Age of Diagnosis. It has attracted significant attention recently.

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Published in The Irish Independent, 11th April 2025