Neurodiverse Joy The Unseen Metrics
Conventional autism research fixates on deficits, therapies, and accommodation failures. A critical oversight, however, lies in the systematic exclusion of “delightful autism”—the quantifiable, positive emotional and sensory experiences unique to the autistic phenotype. This article redefines the paradigm by examining the data behind stimming as a joy metric, challenging the pathologizing lens that dominates 2024’s.
