5.5 Pooling resources and practices

Looking at autism in a less well-resourced country serves to emphasise that, despite many outstanding problems and challenges, resources available in Western countries such as the UK have facilitated progress. Building on this, international research teams can share knowledge and skills, thus promoting global exchange of insights and practices. As Prithvi Perepa emphasises, this is not a one-way process: despite low resources, non-Western communities may offer progressive models from which much can be learned:

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