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Autism was a Natural sciences good articles nominee, but did not meet the good article criteria at the time. There may be suggestions below for improving the article. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.

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Date	Process	Result
December 30, 2011	Good article nominee	Not listed

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Text and/or other creative content from this version of Regressive autism was merged into Autism spectrum with this edit on 03:20, 27 November 2021. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

Text and/or other creative content from Autism spectrum was copied or moved into Pyromania. The former page's history now serves to provide attribution for that content in the latter page, and it must not be deleted as long as the latter page exists.

On 17 May 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved from Autism spectrum to Autism. The result of the discussion was moved.

This article was nominated for merging with Asperger syndrome on 8 May 2024. The result of the discussion (permanent link) was not merged.

Section sizes

Section size for Autism (49 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	23,836	23,836
Classification	22	14,057
Spectrum model	7,898	7,898
ICD	2,472	2,472
DSM	3,665	3,665
Signs and symptoms	90	50,611
Pre-diagnosis	5,191	5,191
Broader autism phenotype	760	760
Social and communication skills	24,870	24,870
Restricted and repetitive behaviors	6,430	10,279
Self-injury	3,849	3,849
Burnout	2,361	2,361
Other features	6,890	7,060
Problematic digital media use	170	170
Possible causes	4,744	54,603
Biological subgroups	2,765	3,401
Syndromic autism and non-syndromic autism	636	636
Genetics	18,136	18,136
Early life	9,195	18,579
Disproven vaccine hypothesis	9,384	9,384
Etiological hypotheses	2,247	2,247
Evolutionary hypotheses	7,496	7,496
Pathophysiology	114	114
Diagnosis	144	144
Conditions correlated or comorbid to autism	1,961	24,031
Correlations	3,215	3,215
Comorbidities	18,855	18,855
Management	7,671	45,805
Non-pharmacological interventions	11,425	17,814
Education	6,389	6,389
Pharmacological interventions	6,405	6,405
Alternative medicine	13,182	13,182
Prevention	733	733
Prognosis	3,955	3,955
Epidemiology	16,299	16,299
History	42	42
Society and culture	6,065	24,303
Neurodiversity movement	7,731	8,093
Events	362	362
Symbols and flags	26	5,794
Symbols	3,960	3,960
Flags	1,808	1,808
Caregivers	4,351	4,351
See also	354	354
Notes	26	26
References	44	1,050
Sources	1,006	1,006
Further reading	1,567	1,567
External links	1,017	1,017
Total	261,814	261,814