#autism (psychiatry) an abnormal absorption with the self; marked by communication disorders and short attention span and inability to treat others as people
supertype: #syndrome a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease
subtype: #infantile_autism__infantileautism a rare but serious syndrome of childhood characterized by withdrawal and lack of social responsiveness or interest in others and serious linguistic deficits; "there is considerable dispute among specialists concerning infantile autism"
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