Lin Xiangting Bernice, Lim Choon Guan, Lee Tih-Shih
Neuroscience and Behavioral Disorders Program, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore.
School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Apr 25;13:823736. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.823736. eCollection 2022.
Social dysfunction is a key characteristic of autism. Determining and treating autism-related social deficits have been challenging. The medical model views interpersonal difficulties in autism as a localized set of deficits to be managed, whereas the neurodiversity movement calls for the accommodation of differences by the larger community. One common assumption underlying these perspectives is a misalignment in social behaviors between autistic individuals and neurotypicals. This paper reviews and interrogates current perspectives on social functioning in autism to uncover the intricacies of such a notion. Even though extant literature has alluded to a misalignment in social behaviors between autistic and neurotypical individuals, it is uncertain where this disparity lies. Implications for future research and practice are discussed.
社交功能障碍是自闭症的一个关键特征。确定和治疗与自闭症相关的社交缺陷一直具有挑战性。医学模式将自闭症患者的人际困难视为一系列需要处理的局部缺陷，而神经多样性运动则呼吁更大的社会群体接纳这些差异。这些观点背后的一个共同假设是，自闭症个体与神经典型个体在社交行为上存在不一致。本文回顾并审视了当前关于自闭症社交功能的观点，以揭示这一概念的复杂性。尽管现有文献已提及自闭症个体与神经典型个体在社交行为上存在不一致，但尚不清楚这种差异所在何处。本文还讨论了对未来研究和实践的启示。
