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Commentary: Time to reconceptualize ASD? comments on Happe and Frith (2020) and Sonuga‐Barke (2020)
Author(s) -
Levy Yonata
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/jcpp.13345
Subject(s) - frith , nosology , psychology , autism , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , philosophy , linguistics
Happe and Frith (2020) list seven changes in the concept of autism that have taken place since the 80s when autism became the focus of clinical concerns and research interests. These dramatic changes, supported by additional research results, have not convinced Sonuga‐Barke (2020) that a Kuhnian revolution in psychiatric nosology may be at our front door. This commentary will discuss this conclusion, calling on ASD researchers to re‐evaluate the benefits of a paradigm shift in the nosology of ASD.