In the 1960s Professor Uta Frith met a group of young children who seemed completely detached from the rest of the world. It turned out they had just been given the then-new diagnosis of autism.
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On the eve of National Autism Day, Horizon reveals how Uta’s lifetime study of people with autism has transformed our understanding of this mysterious condition and she also explores whether many of us could be just a little bit autistic.