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Other approaches 2026-09-20

Uta Frith: Should the “autism spectrum” be divided?

In August 2026, Uta Frith, a historic figure in cognitive autism research, published an editorial in Psychological Medicine asking whether “autism spectrum disorder” has lost part of its meaning and whether it can lead to misdiagnosis. Her article appears in a context in which the number of diagnoses has risen sharply, many adults are being identified…

Other approaches 2026-09-04

Psychiatry, psychoanalysis, Freud, Jung and autism

Historical reference points, paradigm shifts, controversies and critical reading The guiding thread is simple: the word “autism” originated within the psychiatry of schizophrenia, was then taken up by child psychiatry, and was gradually…

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Autismological approach

What Is Autismology?

What Is Autismology? A proposal for studying, understanding, and teaching autism as such. On this website, we propose using the term Autismology for a structured approach intended to study, understand, and teach autism as such, as well as…

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