Since its initial description, the concept of autism has been firmly rooted within the
conventional medical paradigm of child psychiatry. Increasingly, there have been calls from …

Developmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder and specific language
impairment, are biologically based disorders that currently rely on behaviorally defined …

In response to Vivanti's 'Ask The Editor…'paper [Journal of Autism and Developmental
Disorders, 50 (2), 691–693], we argue that the use of language in autism research has …

Over the past two decades, there have been increasing discussions around which terms
should be used to talk about autism. Whilst these discussions have largely revolved around …

Participatory research methods connect researchers with relevant communities to achieve
shared goals. These methods can deliver results that are relevant to people's lives and thus …

272 Autism 23 (2) require change, as attitudinal barriers to inclusion and acceptance are
often significant. Providing a non-speaking autistic person with an alternative method of …

Recent public discussions suggest that there is much disagreement about the way autism is
and should be described. This study sought to elicit the views and preferences of UK autism …

Progress in psychological science can be limited by a number of factors, not least of which
are the starting assumptions of scientists themselves. We believe that some influential …

Autistic and non-autistic adults' agreement with scientific knowledge about autism, how they
define autism, and their endorsement of stigmatizing conceptions of autism has not …

In psychiatry, mental dysfunction is typically framed in relation to models that seek to be
continuous with physiology or evolutionary biology and that compare individual fitness to a …