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This review aims to track changes in scientific narratives about autism, focusing on language and communication over time.

Profiling Autistic Language and Communication: A Critical Review of the Scientific Narrative Over Time

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Narrative review examines language and communication in autism, suggesting shifts in understanding over time.

This review aims to track changes in scientific narratives about autism, focusing on language and communication over time.
Narrative review of 701 studies on autistic language and communication.
Excluded intervention research to focus on language and social communication.
Organized studies chronologically based on evolving diagnostic criteria.
Identified major shifts in terminology and conceptualizations of communication in autism.
Revealed changes in comparison groups and theoretical approaches across studies.
Demonstrated how autism discourse has evolved with transformative models rather than fixed traits.

Jameson et al. (2026) studied this question.

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