Linda Nordling is a freelance journalist based in Cape Town, South Africa. She writes about science, education, health and development.
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Scientists who study autism in lower-income countries are working to end practices that exploit or ignore collaborators and communities on the ground.
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Petrus de Vries is on a quest to outfit Africa, the continent of his birth, with trained autism researchers and service providers.
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