"Autistic people"? Who do you mean?. (2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Levy, Yonata
• Is Part Of: Behavioral and brain sciences. Volume 42(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019
• Subjects: Psychophysiology -- Periodicals; Psychology -- Periodicals; Human behavior -- Periodicals; Animal behavior -- Periodicals; Brain -- Periodicals; 616.89142
• DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X18002261
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0140-525X

Abstract

Abstract: Jaswal & Akhtar (J&A) offer evidence against lack of social motivation in "autistic people, " providing no further phenotypic details as to the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) subgroups that they refer to. I will argue that given the extensive behavioral and neurobiological heterogeneity among people who receive the diagnosis, reference to "autistic people" is misleading. As a consequence, J&A's claims are difficult to interpret.