title: Asperger's Syndrome, Subjectivity and the Senses.
abstract: Situated at the intersection of anthropological work on illness narratives and research on the anthropology of autism, this paper is a close reading of an autobiographical narrative recounted by Peter, a young man diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, a type of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Responding to Solomon's (2010a:252) call for phenomenologically grounded accounts of "the subjective, sensory, and perceptual experiences of autism … based on personal narratives and practices of being and self-awareness," this paper calls into question key assumptions in the clinical and popular literature about ASD relating to theory of mind, empathy, capacity for metaphorical thinking, and ASD as a life-long condition.
authors.affiliation: McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada. badone@mcmaster.ca.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3834-6600
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Badone
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nicholas
authors.affiliation: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kien
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020817:Asperger Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056345:Theory of Mind
keywords: Asperger’s; Autism; Narrative; Phenomenology; Theory of mind
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