autistic spectrum

基本解释

The hacker argued that extradition would have disastrous consequences, including possible psychosis and suicide because of his autistic spectrum medical condition.
这名黑客称，由于他身患自闭症，引渡将会带来灾难性的后果，包括可能导致精神病以及自杀。
More than 75 per cent of children expelled by governors had special educational needs, and more than a quarter of those were on the autistic spectrum, a Demos study finds.
研究发现超过75%被校方拒收的儿童需要特殊教育他们中超过1/4的儿童患有自闭症.
Scientists wanted to investigate whether the early introduction of cable television in the US had contributed to the current generation of children with autistic-spectrum symptoms.
研究者想调查英国早期电视的出现是否促进了当今有自闭症患儿的出现。

The latter might not qualify as autistic under a traditional diagnosis, but slip into the broader autistic spectrum.
ECONOMIST: Autism and extraordinary ability: Genius locus The
Those on the autistic spectrum do significantly better at this than do neurotypicals.
ECONOMIST: Autism and extraordinary ability: Genius locus

a range of conditions related to autism, some more severe than others, in which people typically show repeated behaviour and narrow interests, with limited development of social and communication skills