{"id":57,"date":"2026-04-15T03:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/?p=57"},"modified":"2026-04-15T03:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T03:03:13","slug":"episode-7-neural-connectomes-and-strengths-based-autistic-identification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autisticsmalltalk.com\/?p=57","title":{"rendered":"Episode  7 &#8211; Neural Connectomes and Strengths-based Autistic Identification"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.rss.com\/autistic-small-talk\/2736784?theme=dark&#038;v=2\" title=\"Neural Connectomes and Strengths-based Autistic Identification\" width=\"100%\" height=\"202px\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen scrolling=\"no\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rss.com\/podcasts\/autistic-small-talk\/2736784\">Neural Connectomes and Strengths-based Autistic Identification<\/a><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1\">Show Notes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Autistic Connectomes<\/strong><\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/embrace-autism.com\/autistic-brain-differences-connectivity\/\">Summary at Embrace Autism<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanconnectome.org\/\">Human Connectome Project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Nick Walker forever<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/neuroqueer.com\/what-is-autism\/\">The essay in which the greatly admired Nick Walker says:<br><em>\u201cUltimately, to describe autism as a disorder represents a value judgment rather than a scientific fact.\u201d<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Strengths-based Autistic Identification<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mattlowrylpp.com\/blog\/reframing-dsm-autism-criteria\">Matt Lowry\u2019s Reframing of the DSM Criteria<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.autisticculturepodcast.com\/\">Autistic Culture Podcast<\/a><br><br>Woods SEO, Estes A. <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10587489\/\">Toward a more comprehensive autism assessment: the survey of autistic strengths, skills, and interests. <\/a>Front Psychiatry. 2023 Oct 6;14:1264516. doi: 10.3389\/fpsyt.2023.1264516. PMID: 37867767; PMCID: PMC10587489.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>YAFAI, A.-F., VERRIER, Diarmuid and REIDY, Lisa (2014).<a href=\"https:\/\/shura.shu.ac.uk\/7450\/3\/Verrier_Autism_and_Conformity.pdf\"> Social conformity and autism spectrum disorder : a child-friendly take on a classic study.<\/a> Autism, 18 (8), 1007-1013. [Article]<br><br>Urbanowicz A, Nicolaidis C, den Houting J, Shore SM, Gaudion K, Girdler S, Savarese RJ. <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC8992818\/\">An Expert Discussion on Strengths-Based Approaches in Autism. Autism Adulthoo<\/a>d. 2019 Jun 1;1(2):82-89. doi: 10.1089\/aut.2019.29002.aju. Epub 2019 Apr 13. PMID: 36601531; PMCID: PMC8992818.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rca.ac.uk\/more\/staff\/dr-katie-gaudion\/\">Dr. Katie Gaussia<\/a>n<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ralphsavarese.com\/\">Dr. Ralph James Savarese<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Autistic Joy<\/strong><br><br>Wassell, E. (2025). Experiences of autistic joy. Disability &amp; Society, 1\u201326. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09687599.2025.2498417\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/09687599.2025.2498417<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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