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Embodiment and sense-making in autism.

Hanne De Jaegher¹

¹Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science, IAS-Research Centre for Life, Mind, and Society, University of the Basque Country San Sebastián, Spain ; Department of Informatics, Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics, Centre for Research in Cognitive Science, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex Brighton, UK.

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Summary

The enactive approach offers a new framework for understanding autism, emphasizing embodiment and sense-making. This perspective integrates various aspects of autism, moving beyond traditional fragmented views to foster better connections and improve quality of life.

Keywords:

autism coordination dynamics embodiment enaction participatory sense-making sense-making social interaction

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Science
Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology

Background:

Traditional functionalist accounts of autism offer a fragmented view by separating cognition, communication, and perception.
These accounts often neglect the role of embodiment and adopt an individualistic methodology.
A need exists for a more integrated framework to understand autism.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose an enactive account of autism, focusing on embodiment, experience, and social interaction.
To demonstrate how enaction can provide a coherent framework for understanding the complexities of autism.
To offer new concepts that overcome the limitations of traditional functionalist approaches.

Main Methods:

Applying the enactive approach's concepts of sense-making and participatory sense-making to autism.
Analyzing the connection between embodiment (sensorimotor, perceptual, emotional particularities) and autistic sense-making.
Examining interactional coordination, participatory sense-making, and specific autistic behaviors like echolalia.

Main Results:

Autistic embodiment and sense-making are interconnected, influencing how individuals with autism perceive and interact with their world.
Difficulties in interactional coordination correlate with challenges in participatory sense-making.
Seemingly atypical autistic behaviors can be contextually attuned and meaningful within an enactive framework.

Conclusions:

An enactive account of autism provides a unified framework integrating sensorimotor, cognitive, social, experiential, and affective aspects.
This approach highlights complex, non-linear multi-causality in autism.
It facilitates building bridges between autistic individuals and their environment, potentially improving quality of life.