Thursday, May 27, 2010

THE AUTISTIC PARADOX: SELF vs OTHER
Does the autistic individual lack a sense of SELF? Is autism the inability to distinguish the SELF from OTHERS? Is the concept of SELF delayed? One might argue that the autistic mind does not discern the SELF from OTHER. The discernment of SELF versus OTHER in the autistic mind (particularly in infancy) needs further investigation.

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