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...

Advocating for the Advocate

• By: Lisa Morgan, MSW, MEd Lisa Morgan Consulting LLC
• January 2nd, 2023
• actually autistic, advocacy, allies, autistic culture, conferences, crisis, the professional community, Winter 2023 Issue
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Experiencing a life-changing event is one of the reasons people start advocating. For autistic people, advocating can mean stepping so far out of their comfort zone socially, it feels like they’ve lost sight of it. As for myself, I went from feeling invisible most of my childhood, to talking in...