Article ID: CBB713973350

Treatment for whom? Towards a phenomenological resolution of controversy within autism treatment (2019)

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Autism's mainstream, behavioural treatment has recently faced allegations from neurodiversity activists, who claim that behaviourism is methodologically faulted and in serious breach of patient consent and human rights. In the present paper, I delve into this mounting controversy to suggest, contra behaviourism, that people with autism diagnoses do not just display a divergent set of behaviours, but should be seen to operate in ‘worlds’ different to those in typical neurological conditions. To philosophically accommodate this difference in ‘worlds’ and to utilise it in thinking about treatment orientation, I use Edmund Husserl's concept of the life-world (lebenswelt). I proffer that the autistic life-worlds should be used as the basis of treatment evaluation. I suggest that phenomenological ways of approaching autism, currently understudied, should be further developed and that behavioural treatment should be accordingly ‘filtered’ to accommodate the autistic life-worlds, and with them certain criticisms from neurodiversity.

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Authors & Contributors
Gerber, Lucie
Yergeau, Melanie
Fátima Gonçalves Cavalcante
Jason Turowetz
Polaris Koi
Claire Laurier Decoteau
Concepts
Autism
Disabilities; disability; accessibility
Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment
Psychiatry
Controversies and disputes
Mental disorders and diseases
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
Places
United States
Massachusetts (U.S.)
Brazil
Institutions
La Fédération québécoise de l’autisme
National Institute of Health (U.S.)
United States. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)
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