ArticleMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2020
Should Autism Spectrum Conditions Be Characterised in a More Positive Way in Our Modern World?
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- A systematic review of non-coding RNA genes with differential expression profiles associated with autism spectrum disorders.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
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- Shaping Teacher Education Through Professional Identities: Enhancing Autism Awareness.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Autistic interests: wide-ranging and intellectually oriented.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- A scoping review of current approaches to strengths-based transition practices for autistic adolescents.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2025Article
- The image of autism in the Polish press 2009-2020 and the role of first-person testimonies.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Re-examining the association between the age of learning one is autistic and adult outcomes.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024Article
- Autistic discussion forums: insights into the topics that clinicians don't know about.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- A mixed methods evaluation of the acceptability of therapy using LEGO® bricks (LEGO® based therapy) in mainstream primary and secondary education.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Article
- How parents of children with autism spectrum disorder experience the COVID-19 pandemic: Perspectives and insights on the new normal.Research in developmental disabilities · 2022Article
- Underlying Thinking Pattern Profiles Predict Parent-Reported Distress Responses in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2022Article
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- The Current View on the Paradox of Pain in Autism Spectrum Disorders.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Review
- How is COVID-19 pandemic impacting mental health of children and adolescents?International journal of disaster risk reduction : IJDRR · 2020Review
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Abstract
In a special issue that focuses on complex presentations related to Autism, we ask the question in this editorial whether an Autism Spectrum Condition without complexity is a disorder, or whether it represents human diversity? Much research into Autism Spectrum Conditions (ASCs) over the years has focused on comparisons between neuro-typical people and people with Autism Spectrum Conditions. These comparisons have tended to draw attention to 'deficits' in cognitive abilities and descriptions of behaviours that are characterised as unwanted. Not surprisingly, this is reflected in the classification systems from the World Health Organisation and the American Psychiatric Association. Public opinion about ASC may be influenced by presentations in the media of those with ASC who also have intellectual disability. Given that diagnostic systems are intended to help us better understand conditions in order to seek improved outcomes, we propose a more constructive approach to descriptions that uses more positive language, and balances descriptions of deficits with research finding of strengths and differences. We propose that this will be more helpful to individuals on the Autism Spectrum, both in terms of individual self-view, but also in terms of how society views Autism Spectrum Conditions more positively. Commentary has also been made on guidance that has been adjusted for people with ASC in relation to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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