Schopler, UNC autism expert, dies

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Schopler, UNC autism expert Schopler, a UNC Chapel Hill psychologist who worked on humane treatment of autism, died Friday of cancer, friends and family said. He was 79. He co-founded a program 41 years ago rejecting the notion that autism -- a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome -- was caused by destructive parents. Instead, Schopler recognized autism as a brain disorder that could be managed. Schopler observed that people living with autism were capable of learning but did not learn in traditional ways. He found that customized...

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