Shifting from 'normal science' to neurodiversity in autism science

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Journal article of the type Scientific literature review ( ; english)

Elizabeth Pellicano , Jac den Houting *
Shifting from 'normal science' to neurodiversity in autism science published in the journal "Journal of child psychology and psychiatry" n°63, vol.4, 15 pages , doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13534

*One co-author has publicly identified as autistic. [Learn more about this mention]

- 7% of authors cited in the bibliography of this resource have publicly identified as autistic (33 out of 445 authors).
- 24% of references cited in this resource contain at least one author who has publicly identified as autistic (47 out of 199 references).

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Summary/Presentation

Since its initial description, the concept of autism has been firmly rooted within the conventional medical paradigm of child psychiatry. Increasingly, there have been calls from the autistic community and, more recently, nonautistic researchers, to rethink the way in which autism science is framed and conducted. Neurodiversity, where autism is seen as one form of variation within a diversity of minds, has been proposed as a potential alternative paradigm. In this review, we concentrate on three major challenges to the conventional medical paradigm - an overfocus on deficits, an emphasis on the individual as opposed to their broader context and a narrowness of perspective - each of which necessarily constrains what we can know about autism and how we are able to know it. We then outline the ways in which fundamental elements of the neurodiversity paradigm can potentially help researchers respond to the medical model's limitations. We conclude by considering the implications of a shift towards the neurodiversity paradigm for autism science.

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