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This 9-page paper deals with Simon Baron-Cohen's theories of autism and "male-wired brain." The paper discusses the theories, defines autism and then points out what the critics are saying. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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watching a top spinning around and around and around - for hours. While that child can sit and watch that top forever, when it comes to simple conversation or eye
contact, this child turns away. At one time, autism was a diagnoses of hopelessness - children with autism couldnt hope to take
their place in mainstream society. However, this concept of autism is changing thanks, in part to Simon Baron-Cohen, who has demonstrated some theories about the causes of autism - and
has also introduced the idea that autism doesnt necessarily mean stupidity. There are many autistic people, he points out, who are highly intelligent. They just process things in a different
manner. In this paper, well examine Baron-Cohens theories about empathy vs. systemization, and how men and women tend to differ. Well also
see how Baron-Cohen connects the male-wired brain to a potential tendency for autistic behavior. What is Autism? Before we can discuss Baron-Cohens
theories of autism, it would first be a good idea to define what, exactly autism is. Basically, what we think of an autistic child, we think of a youngster
who is so totally into his own world, that he literally cannot react to those from the outside. As with any learning disability however, there are many phases --
and this is certainly the case with autism. Autism was first described in 1943 by child psychologist Leo Kanner, who had spent
years studying children that had, in his words, and "extreme aloneness from the beginning of life" (Cohen, 2004). Described his condition, he used the word "autism," which came from
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