What is it about?
Autism is neither neurodevelopmental nor a disorder. It is simply an inherent neurophysiological difference in how the brain processes information. We who are autistic live in a specialized inner world that is entirely intellectual, free from emotional and social distractions. We observe the outer world in scholarly detail but without any emotional attachment to what we see. It is time for the American Psychiatric Association to consider if autism should continue to be included in its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
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Why is it important?
This article is important because it describes in intimate detail the true nature of autism.
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Autism can only be understood from the inside looking out. Those who are on the outside looking in have no frame of reference by which to understand what it is they are observing.
David Rowland
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This page is a summary of: Redefining Autism, January 2020, Kosmos Publishers,
DOI: 10.37722/jnpabr.20202.
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