On the ontological status of autism: the ‘double empathy problem’

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Journal article of the type Theoretical development ( ; english)

Damian Milton *
On the ontological status of autism: the ‘double empathy problem’ published in the journal "Disability & society" n°27, vol.6, 5 pages , doi: 10.1080/09687599.2012.710008

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- 33% of references cited in this resource contain at least one author who has publicly identified as autistic (4 out of 12 references).

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In recent decades there has been much debate over the ontological status of autism and other neurological ‘disorders’, diagnosed by behavioural indicators, and theorised primarily within the field of cognitive neuroscience and psychological paradigms. Such cognitive-behavioural discourses abstain from acknowledging the universal issue of relationality and interaction in the formation of a contested and constantly reconstructed social reality, produced through the agency of its ‘actors’. The nature of these contested interactions will be explored in this current issues piece through the use of the term the ‘double empathy problem’, and how such a rendition produces a critique of autism being defined as a deficit in ‘theory of mind’, re-framing such issues as a question of reciprocity and mutuality. In keeping with other autistic self-advocates, this piece will refer to ‘autistic people’, and ‘those who identify as on the autism spectrum’, rather than ‘people with autism’.

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