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The authors are Kristien Hens (University Professor in Ethics) and Raymond Langenberg (Management Consultant). The latter is writing from his own experience of receiving and coming to terms with a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome. In this introduction, they start by exploring different meanings of autism, after which they provide an outline of the methodology they used for this project.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Beyers (2014, pp. 7–12).

  2. 2.

    See Michel Foucault’s concept counter-conduct, resistance against ruling discourse.

  3. 3.

    Idem. p. 18.

  4. 4.

    Kanner (1968).

  5. 5.

    See DSM-5. p. 50.

  6. 6.

    From January 1, 2017, The Netherlands also uses the DSM-5 as a guideline for diagnostics.

  7. 7.

    DSM-5. pp. 50–59.

  8. 8.

    Jaarsma and Welin (2012).

  9. 9.

    Hens, Peeters and Dierickx (2016).

  10. 10.

    Bettelheim (1972).

  11. 11.

    Nadesan (2005).

  12. 12.

    Hens, Peeters and Dierickx (2016).

  13. 13.

    Waterhouse (2013, pp. 432–436).

  14. 14.

    Frith and Happé (1999), Baron-Cohen , Leslie and Frith (1985).

  15. 15.

    Frith (2003).

  16. 16.

    Vermeulen (2009).

  17. 17.

    Markram, Rinaldi, Markram (2007).

  18. 18.

    Waltz (2013, p. vi).

  19. 19.

    Van de Cruys et al. (2014).

  20. 20.

    Pentzell (2013).

  21. 21.

    Murray (2008).

  22. 22.

    Goffman (1963).

  23. 23.

    Hacking (1996).

  24. 24.

    Verhoeff (2013a, b, 2015).

  25. 25.

    Eyal (2010, p. 33).

  26. 26.

    Kim (2012).

  27. 27.

    Fletcher-Watson et al. (2017), Nicolaidis et al. (2015), Yusuf and Elsabbagh (2015), Pellicano, Dinsmore and Charman (2014), Pellicano and Stears (2011).

  28. 28.

    Huws and Jones (2008).

  29. 29.

    Milton (2017), Beardon (2017).

  30. 30.

    Prince-Hughes (2002).

  31. 31.

    Kusters (2014, p. 28).

  32. 32.

    Van Manen (1990, 2014).

  33. 33.

    Smith (2009).

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  1. Department of Philosophy, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

    Kristien Hens

  2. Diversity - Campus Gelbergen, Hoeleden, Belgium

    Raymond Langenberg

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Hens, K., Langenberg, R. (2018). Introduction. In: Experiences of Adults Following an Autism Diagnosis. Palgrave Pivot, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97973-1_1

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