"The Reason I Jump" by Naoki Higashida: A Reconsideration of Autism, Empathy, and “Mind-Blindness”

The field of bioethics has the potential to contribute to a better understanding of how the medical and social assumptions that accompany diagnostic categories impact the people who have been diagnosed. In particular, autism has recently been characterized as being defined by an inherent lack of em...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sara Bergstresser
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2016-04-01
Series:Voices in Bioethics
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Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/bioethics/article/view/6325