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The value of giving autistic testimony a substantial role in the science of autism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2019

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Janette Dinishak*
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Department of Philosophy, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. jdinisha@ucsc.eduhttps://philosophy.ucsc.edu/faculty/index.php?uid=jdinisha
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Abstract

Jaswal & Akhtar argue that taking seriously autistic testimony will help make the science of autism more humane, accurate, and useful. In this commentary, I pose two questions about autistic testimony's role(s) in a better science of autism and extract a general lesson about the value of autistic testimony from the authors’ arguments.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e87
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