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Societal and cultural aspects of autism or sociology of autism [1] come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies, and how autism affects the definition of personhood. [2] The autistic community is divided primarily into two camps: the autism rights movement and the pathology paradigm.
The book A History of Autism: Conversations with the Pioneers was published by British autism writer Adam Feinstein in June 2010. [20] The first edition of Revista Autismo (Autism Magazine) was published in Brazil in September 2010. Israeli TV drama Yellow Peppers first aired in December 2010. It featured a family caring for an autistic child.
Autistic masking is the act of concealing autistic traits to come across as neurotypical, as if behind a mask. Autistic masking, also referred to as camouflaging, is the conscious or subconscious suppression of autistic behaviors and compensation of difficulties in social interaction by autistic people, with the goal of being perceived as neurotypical.
Story at a glance Historically, females have been underrepresented in research on autism. A new study suggests the reason behind this could be use of a screening tool that tends to exclude ...
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Mind-blindness is defined as a state where the ToM has not been developed in an individual. [1] According to the theory, non-autistic people can make automatic interpretations of events taking into consideration the mental states of people, their desires, and beliefs.
Boys are diagnosed with autism more often than girls. Many adult women who learn they have autism have feelings of joy, anger, relief, sadness, lack of support. Diagnosed with autism as an adult ...
The women share their life stories and also give advice to readers on how to deal with their diagnosis. [3] One of the women discusses the issue of marriage, saying, "My son's father and I live in the same house, are friends, but live separate lives largely due to my autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We live fairly happily, however." [5]