Autismology
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2026-10-16 The word “autism” appears at the beginning of the twentieth century in a psychiatric context linked to schizophrenia, then changes profoundly in meaning over the following decades. The history traced here concerns these transformations: clinical descriptions, classifications, causal theories, practices, institutions, parent movements, autistic…
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2026-10-09 This publication examines what is commonly called “the current state of knowledge about autism.” The expression appears simple, but in practice it covers several different objects: diagnostic criteria, group observations, genetic or biological associations, perceptual and cognitive models, developmental hypotheses, research on social interaction, and…
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2026-09-20 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…
Autismological approach Understanding autism independently of pre-existing frameworks and using that understanding to improve real-life situations. On this website, we propose Autismology as an independent framework for understanding, explaining, transmitting…
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