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Record W4409776718 · doi:10.1177/02762366251337039

Reimagining Autism

2025· article· en· W4409776718 on OpenAlex
Nicholas Denomey, Amedeo D’Angiulli

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affAt least one author lists a Canadian institution in the pinned OpenAlex snapshot.
fundA Canadian funder is recorded on the work.

Bibliographic record

VenueImagination Cognition and Personality · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPsychology
TopicCreativity in Education and Neuroscience
Canadian institutionsCarleton UniversityChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
FundersCHEO Research Institute
KeywordsNeurotypicalPsychologyAutismCreativityCognitionPerceptionPerspective (graphical)Cognitive psychologyCognitive scienceTheory of mindDevelopmental psychologySocial psychologyAutism spectrum disorderNeuroscience

Abstract

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Imagination is a fundamental cognitive function linked to perception, learning, and motivation. Among neurodiverse individuals, particularly autistic people, imagination plays a vital role in self-awareness, identity formation, and well-being. However, traditional theories have framed autism as a condition marked by deficits in imagination and communication, often relying on behavioral observations rather than internal cognitive processes. This paper critically examines dominant theories, such as the Theory of Mind hypothesis, and challenges deficit-based perspectives by highlighting the unique and valuable nature of autistic imagination. Through an analysis of imaginative play, artistic expression, and language, this study demonstrates how autistic individuals engage with creativity in ways that differ from but are not inferior to neurotypical norms. Additionally, emerging cognitive neuroscience research suggests that autistic individuals may possess heightened sensory imagination and distinct neural processing mechanisms. Ultimately, this paper advocates for a neurodiversity-affirming perspective that recognizes autistic imaginative competencies, calling for a shift in educational, clinical, and societal approaches to better support and appreciate autistic creativity.

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Full frame distilled prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.000
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesInsufficient payload (model declined to judge)
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.824
Threshold uncertainty score0.999

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0020.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.035
GPT teacher head0.405
Teacher spread0.370 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it