Is Autism a Mental Disorder According to the Harmful Dysfunction View? (CROSBI ID 325375)
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Is Autism a Mental Disorder According to the Harmful Dysfunction View?
The supporters of the neurodiversity movement contend that autism is not a mental disorder, but rather a natural human variation. In a recent paper Jerome Wakefi eld, David Wasserman and Jordan Conrad (2020) argued against this view relying on Wakefi eld’s harmful dysfunction theory of mental disorder (the HD theory). Although I argue that the HD theory is problematic, I contend that arguments offered by Wakefi eld et al. (2020) against those of the neurodiversity movement are plausible, except in one respect: their claim that high functioning autism in general is not a disorder is not well supported. I argue instead that the disorder status of high-functioning autistic persons should be judged on a case-by- case basis, depending on the harmfulness of the condition. In this regard, I maintain that the list of basic psychological capacities provided by George Graham (2010) provides an adequate conceptualization of harm. Moreover, I show how this framework may offer an appropriate tool for a case-by-case assessment of harm associated with high-functioning autism.
Autism ; neurodiversity movement ; social model of disability ; harmful dysfunction ; harm in psychiatry ; basic psychological capacities.
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Podaci o izdanju
23 (67)
2023.
89-111
objavljeno
1333-1108
1847-6139
10.52685/cjp.23.67.5