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Is Autism a Mental Disorder According to the Harmful Dysfunction View?
Croatian Journal of Philosophy, 23 (2023), 67; 89-111. https://doi.org/10.52685/cjp.23.67.5
Bošnjak, Mladen

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Bošnjak, M. (2023). Is Autism a Mental Disorder According to the Harmful Dysfunction View?. Croatian Journal of Philosophy, 23. (67), 89-111. doi: 10.52685/cjp.23.67.5

Bošnjak, Mladen. "Is Autism a Mental Disorder According to the Harmful Dysfunction View?." Croatian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 23, no. 67, 2023, pp. 89-111. https://doi.org/10.52685/cjp.23.67.5

Bošnjak, Mladen. "Is Autism a Mental Disorder According to the Harmful Dysfunction View?." Croatian Journal of Philosophy 23, no. 67 (2023): 89-111. https://doi.org/10.52685/cjp.23.67.5

Bošnjak, M. (2023) 'Is Autism a Mental Disorder According to the Harmful Dysfunction View?', Croatian Journal of Philosophy, 23(67), pp. 89-111. doi: 10.52685/cjp.23.67.5

Bošnjak M. Is Autism a Mental Disorder According to the Harmful Dysfunction View?. Croatian Journal of Philosophy [Internet]. 2023 [cited 2024 May 07];23(67):89-111. doi: 10.52685/cjp.23.67.5

M. Bošnjak, "Is Autism a Mental Disorder According to the Harmful Dysfunction View?", Croatian Journal of Philosophy, vol. 23, no. 67, pp. 89-111, 2023. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:186:039785. [Accessed: 07 May 2024]

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Title (english)Is Autism a Mental Disorder According to the Harmful Dysfunction View?
AuthorMladen Bošnjak
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of Philosophy)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philosophy
Abstract (english)
The supporters of the neurodiversity movement contend that autism is not a mental disorder, but rather a natural human variation. In a recent paper Jerome Wakefi eld, David Wasserman and Jordan Conrad (2020) argued against this view relying on Wakefi eld’s harmful dysfunction theory of mental disorder (the HD theory). Although I argue that the HD theory is problematic, I contend that arguments offered by Wakefi eld et al. (2020) against those of the neurodiversity movement are plausible, except in one respect: their claim that high functioning autism in general is not a disorder is not well supported. I argue instead that the disorder status of high-functioning autistic persons should be judged on a case-by-case basis, depending on the harmfulness of the condition. In this regard, I maintain that the list of basic psychological capacities provided by George Graham (2010) provides an adequate conceptualization of harm. Moreover, I show how this framework may offer an appropriate tool for a case-by-case assessment of harm associated with high-functioning autism.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeScientific paper - Original scientific paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleCroatian Journal of Philosophy
Numberingvol. 23, no. 67, pp. 89-111
p-ISSN1333-1108
e-ISSN1847-6139
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.52685/cjp.23.67.5
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:186:039785
Publication2023
Document URLhttps://hrcak.srce.hr/301250
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