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Knowledge, power, control, certainty, identity—all this and more. Names are labels, labels are names. They have scientific uses, social uses, and political uses. Without them, there is no communication.
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Akerley, M. (1988). What’s in a Name?. In: Schopler, E., Mesibov, G.B. (eds) Diagnosis and Assessment in Autism. Current Issues in Autism. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0792-9_5
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