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It is not uncommon—I use the word “uncommon” deliberately—that, when somebody on the autism spectrum is admitted and the diagnosis of autism is either not accepted or not recognised for what it is, they are treated for some other diagnosis: all too commonly, schizophrenia. I have witnessed what then happens when the clinician chooses from a list of medications to treat someone who is not schizophrenic. They try one drug; it clearly does not work; they then try another—and work their way through the list.