Evidence record

World Health Organization. Autism fact sheet. 17 September 2025.

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Source record

Source kind: authoritative guidance
Evidence model: Accepted legacy v0.1 embedded source
Accessed: 2026-08-12
Oracle last reviewed: 2026-08-12

Open source

Claims this source bears on

Autism is a diverse neurodevelopmental condition whose abilities, disabilities and support needs vary substantially between people and can change with age, environment and circumstances.

Claim reference: autism#autism-claim-diversity · Confidence: high · Evidence role: Legacy source route — no v0.2 contribution role inferred

Evidence limitations

None recorded.

Claim uncertainty

How can autism evidence and public guidance better represent non-speaking people, people with intellectual disability and people with very high support needs?
Which supports improve outcomes that autistic people themselves value, for whom, and under what environmental conditions?

Sensory hyperreactivity, hyporeactivity and unusual sensory interests can be part of autistic experience, but sensory profiles are heterogeneous and sensory differences are not unique to autism.

Claim reference: autism#autism-claim-sensory · Confidence: high · Evidence role: Legacy source route — no v0.2 contribution role inferred

Evidence limitations

None recorded.

Claim uncertainty

Which sensory measures predict useful, person-defined accommodations across settings?

Funding and conflicts

None recorded.

Evidence projection provenance

Batch B original-five evidence review authorised by the owner on 2026-08-12 and promoted from preserved candidate blob d3b58ae49a44dfb47d37622cdc3ca3fbe87a0923; candidate history remains preserved.

Public projection ID: legacy-autism-autism-source-who-2025