Vince and Vanessa talk fleetingly about contradictory research on autistic neural connectomes and swiftly cover 2 papers on strengths-based approaches to identifying and working with Autistic people.
Show Notes
Autistic Connectomes
Summary at Embrace Autism
Human Connectome Project
Nick Walker forever
The essay in which the greatly admired Nick Walker says:
“Ultimately, to describe autism as a disorder represents a value judgment rather than a scientific fact.”
Strengths-based Autistic Identification
Matt Lowry’s Reframing of the DSM Criteria
Autistic Culture Podcast
Woods SEO, Estes A. Toward a more comprehensive autism assessment: the survey of autistic strengths, skills, and interests. Front Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 6;14:1264516. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1264516. PMID: 37867767; PMCID: PMC10587489.
YAFAI, A.-F., VERRIER, Diarmuid and REIDY, Lisa (2014). Social conformity and autism spectrum disorder : a child-friendly take on a classic study. Autism, 18 (8), 1007-1013. [Article]
Urbanowicz A, Nicolaidis C, den Houting J, Shore SM, Gaudion K, Girdler S, Savarese RJ. An Expert Discussion on Strengths-Based Approaches in Autism. Autism Adulthood. 2019 Jun 1;1(2):82-89. doi: 10.1089/aut.2019.29002.aju. Epub 2019 Apr 13. PMID: 36601531; PMCID: PMC8992818.
Dr. Katie Gaussian
Dr. Ralph James Savarese
Autistic Joy
Wassell, E. (2025). Experiences of autistic joy. Disability & Society, 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2025.2498417
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