@murdoc @milkman76 @autistics I agree that there's truth in the unitary concept of #autism. But the "self" ("aut-") aspect isn't a reflexive focus back onto the self. It's self-directedness — #autotropy, as opposed to the #ecotropy of #allistics, where their consciousness is yoked to the demands of the environment rather than the self. The focus of autistic #autotropic consciousness can be anything.
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@punishmenthurts @emily_rugburn @Uair This is part of what I mean by saying that the #mindblindness / "theory of mind deficit" idea almost has it backwards. While #allistics do have a theory of mind, they typically let it atrophy from neglect, habitually using the automatic, intuitive mechanisms built into their #EnvironmentalYoke instead of doing any explicit theorizing. That approach may be great if all you're interested in is jockeying for position in a social hierarchy. It's not so great if you'd like to understand what kind of world your actions are building.