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Spectrum Stories: Understanding autism’s suicide risk

Suicidal thoughts appear to be more common in autistic people but they’re also more difficult to detect. Host Ben Kuebrich reports.

By Ben Kuebrich
13 August 2018 | 1 min read
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Suicidal thoughts appear to be more common in autistic people but they’re also more difficult to detect. Host Ben Kuebrich reports. Read the related article here.

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