Between neurodiversity and therapy: the importance of making conscious and responsible choices in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum

Przemysław Bąbel; Paweł Ostaszewski

doi:10.5114/ppn.2023.135596

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Between neurodiversity and therapy: the importance of making conscious and responsible choices in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum

Przemysław Bąbel

¹

,

Paweł Ostaszewski

²

Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Institute of Psychology, SWPS University, Warsaw, Poland

Adv Psychiatry Neurol 2023; 32 (4): 175–180

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ppn.2023.135596

Online publish date: 2024/02/21

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Bąbel P, Ostaszewski P. Between neurodiversity and therapy: the importance of making conscious and responsible choices in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum. Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology/Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii. 2023;32(4):175-182. doi:10.5114/ppn.2023.135596.

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Bąbel, P.,  & Ostaszewski, P. (2023). Between neurodiversity and therapy: the importance of making conscious and responsible choices in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum. Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology/Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 32(4), 175-182. https://doi.org/10.5114/ppn.2023.135596

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Bąbel, Przemysław,  and Paweł Ostaszewski. 2023. "Between neurodiversity and therapy: the importance of making conscious and responsible choices in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum". Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology/Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii 32 (4): 175-182. doi:10.5114/ppn.2023.135596.

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Bąbel, P.,  and Ostaszewski, P. (2023). Between neurodiversity and therapy: the importance of making conscious and responsible choices in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum. Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology/Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, 32(4), pp.175-182. https://doi.org/10.5114/ppn.2023.135596

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Bąbel, Przemysław et al. "Between neurodiversity and therapy: the importance of making conscious and responsible choices in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum." Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology/Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii, vol. 32, no. 4, 2023, pp. 175-182. doi:10.5114/ppn.2023.135596.

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Bąbel P, Ostaszewski P. Between neurodiversity and therapy: the importance of making conscious and responsible choices in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum. Advances in Psychiatry and Neurology/Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii. 2023;32(4):175-182. doi:10.5114/ppn.2023.135596.

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In recent years, we have witnessed significant social changes in the perception of developmental disorders and diverse neurodevelopmental trajectories, such as the autism spectrum. Many social movements and researchers strongly emphasize the perspective of neurodiversity as ordinary diversity in the pace and manner of human development, with all its behavioral (including psychological) consequences [1]. Voices advocating for a shift from the previously “medicalized” perspective to accepting the fact that people develop and behave differently are becoming more prominent [2]. This perspective suggests modifying the social conditions in which they function. This shift would enable these individuals to develop and function in society in line with their neurodevelopmental profile from the earliest years of life. This approach is fundamentally correct, deeply humanistic, and is marked by empathy and a spirit of tolerance and mutual acceptance – seemingly an appropriate direction for the evolution of human society...

Between neurodiversity and therapy: the importance of making conscious and responsible choices in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum

Przemysław Bąbel 1 , Paweł Ostaszewski 2

Przemysław Bąbel

¹

,

Paweł Ostaszewski

²