What Is the Autistic Neurotype? Rethinking Autism Beyond the DSM

• By: Bernard Grant Writer
• January 23rd, 2026
• ableism, autism as neurotype, autistic culture, autistiphobia, double empathy problem, medicalization of autism, neurodiversity, neuronormativity, social model of disability
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) defines Autistic people through medicalized criteria that judge Autists from the outside; its diagnostic framework is constructed on allistic (nonautistic) observations, largely without Autistic input. As a result, the dominant...

The Problem with Calling Neurominorities “Neurodiverse”

• By: Bernard Grant Writer
• October 23rd, 2024
• ableism, actually autistic, advocacy, neurodivergence, neurodiversity, neurominorities, Winter 2025 Issue
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Calling individuals neurodiverse spreads neurodiversity lite. Neurodiversity lite is the pathology paradigm in disguise. The pathology paradigm marginalizes/medicalizes neurominorities. Using the word “neurodiverse” to refer to individual people spreads neurodiversity lite...