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-The text I'll reference throughout this entry to help answer the question posed in the title of this entry is [Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder](https://realtalktherapypdx.com/neurotypical-spectrum-disorder/), written by Autism advocate and licensed pastoral therapist [Matt Lowry](https://www.mattlowrylpp.com). The linked version contains a small addition by licensed marriage and family therapist Stephanie Winn. It's written in the style of a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition (DSM-5) diagnosis. It classifies being neurotypical as a disorder, listing the disadvantages and differences of being neurotypical relative to autism.
+The text I'll reference throughout this entry to help answer the question posed in the title of this entry is [Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder](https://web.archive.org/web/20230608092605if_/https://realtalktherapypdx.com/neurotypical-spectrum-disorder/), written by Autism advocate and licensed pastoral therapist [Matt Lowry](https://www.mattlowrylpp.com). The linked version contains a small addition by licensed marriage and family therapist Stephanie Winn. It's written in the style of a Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th Edition (DSM-5) diagnosis. It classifies being neurotypical as a disorder, listing the disadvantages and differences of being neurotypical relative to autism.
I'd like to start by addressing the apparent deficits in autistic social communication.
-The DSM-5 says that autistic people have "Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts". However, at least in autistic people who are verbal, a "substantial number of studies in recent years" consistently support the [double empathy problem](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_empathy_problem), the hypothesis that "This lack of understanding may stem from bidirectional differences in communication style, social-cognitive characteristics, and experiences between autistic and non-autistic individuals, but not necessarily an inherent deficiency."
+The DSM-5 says that autistic people have "Persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts". However, at least in autistic people who are verbal, a "substantial number of studies in recent years" consistently support the [double empathy problem](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_empathy_problem), the hypothesis that "This lack of understanding may stem from bidirectional differences in communication style, social-cognitive characteristics, and experiences between autistic and non-autistic individuals, but not necessarily an inherent deficiency."
The DSM-5 criteria for autism doesn't reflect this at all. It essentially places all the blame on autistic people for failing to communicate with neurotypicals.
-The Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder text mentions multiple ways that neurotypical socialization might be considered abnormal and pathologized as a "disorder" by a hypothetical majority autistic society. It can be read as a critique of the old theory of [Mind Blindness](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind-blindness) which posits that autistic people lack theory of mind.
+The Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder text mentions multiple ways that neurotypical socialization might be considered abnormal and pathologized as a "disorder" by a hypothetical majority autistic society. It can be read as a critique of the old theory of [Mind Blindness](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind-blindness) which posits that autistic people lack theory of mind.
-Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder seems to support the [Neurodiversity](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity)-based view of autism, which asserts that:
+Neurotypical Spectrum Disorder seems to support the [Neurodiversity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity)-based view of autism, which asserts that:
> "...there is intrinsic diversity in human brain function and cognition, and that certain things currently classified as neurodevelopmental disorders are differences and disabilities but are not necessarily pathological."
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> "...disability partly arises from societal barriers, rather than attributing disability purely to inherent deficits."
-The diversity model sits in contrast to the dominant [Medical Model of Disability](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_model_of_disability), which asserts that:
+The diversity model sits in contrast to the dominant [Medical Model of Disability](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_model_of_disability), which asserts that:
> "...disability may reduce the individual's quality of life and aims to diminish or correct this disability with medical intervention."