Ray Suarez and panelists Mary Holland from NYU, Ana Gardano from the APA, and Marguerite Kirst Colston from the Autism Society discuss autism; what it means, why it is hard to ddiagnose, and the fact that the spectrum can be very different from case to case, but the commonality is the lack of social and communication skills.   Close This Window function jchange(o) { var fold_image = new Array(); fold_image[0] = "/images/openarrow.gif"; fold_image[1] = "/images/closedarrow.gif"; if(document.getElementById(o).style.display=='none') { document.getElementById(o).style.display='block'; if(document.getElementById('nfolding')) { document.getElementById('nfolding').src=fold_image[0]; } } else { document.getElementById(o).style.display='none'; if(document.getElementById('nfolding')) { document.getElementById('nfolding').src=fold_image[1]; } } }