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Volume 1 Number 5 Year 2017

10 articles in this issue 

George Gillespie

The author finds his attention to be narrowly focused. In the literature on autism and Asperger Syndrome, monotropism is described as a narrow focus of attention, a focus on parts rather than the whole, and difficulty understanding the whole picture. The ... see more

 

Gordon Alan Gates

Abstract While controversy lingers over the assimilation of Asperger’s into autism spectrum disorder, this paper looks at diagnosis from the perspective of ASHFA (individuals previously diagnosed with Asperger’s AS and identifying with “high functioning” ... see more

 

Scott D. Folsom

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are characterized in both the psychological discourse and the popular media as being, at least in part, disorders of spoken word communication. One result of this characterization is the perception by neurotypical society t... see more

 

Laurence Arnold

This article was cropped from a longer paper that was rejected for publication in this journal, however the history of ”neurodivesity” from the perspective of one who was at the beginnings of the term’s usage as a battle cry and flag of convenience is a w... see more

 

John Marinan

The idea of mindblindness reaching outside of neuroscience is an important one. It is significant because there is concern in all quarters about the prevalence and meaning of autism diagnoses. Secondly, mindblindness rhetoric reflects the kinds of rhetori... see more

 

Jenna Johnson,Roy Richard Hanes

This article reports on the social and intimate relationships of autistic adults. The results describe both negative and positive experiences, as well as possible insights into how their communities can be more inclusive and provide better social opportun... see more

 

William Arnold

This is a lay review of the book Rethinking Autism edited by Katherine Runswick Cole, Rebecca Mallet and Sami Timimi

 

Julia Leatherland

This is the text of a letter originally submitted as a response in Autism: the International Journal of Research and Practice. The editors of that journal originally refused to accept the letter with the endorsements, and subsequently failed to publish a ... see more