ABSTRACT There is no empirical evidence to link autism and terrorism, in the general population. However, when terrorist acts are planned or executed by individuals with autism, it is important to develop an understanding of the individual’s autistic functioning and how it may contextualise factors that push them towards terrorism and aspects of terrorism that may pull them in, in order to manage and reduce risk. The role of autism in resilience also needs to be considered in order to capitalise on natural and individually meaningful sources of motivation and protection. This paper explores how different features of autism may contextualise risk and resilience and the implications for support and diversion approaches. Caution is encouraged against drawing conclusions of causality and over-simplification of autism-terrorism links, especially in individuals with co-existing mental health problems and psychosocial adversities. The need for highly individualised formulations that take into account the heterogeneity of autism and how it is functionally expressed, as well as the complexity of terrorism, is strongly advocated. Finally, the limitations in the empirical evidence and research in the field of autism and terrorism are highlighted.

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自闭症谱系障碍和恐怖主义：自闭症的不同特征如何将脆弱性和适应力置于情境中

摘要 在一般人群中，没有经验证据表明自闭症和恐怖主义之间存在联系。然而，当恐怖主义行为是由自闭症患者计划或执行时，重要的是要了解个体的自闭症功能以及它如何将推动他们走向恐怖主义的因素以及可能将他们卷入其中的恐怖主义的各个方面联系起来，以便管理和降低风险。还需要考虑自闭症在适应力中的作用，以利用自然和个人有意义的动机和保护来源。本文探讨了自闭症的不同特征如何将风险和适应力置于情境中，以及对支持和转移方法的影响。鼓励不要得出因果关系和过度简化自闭症与恐怖主义联系的结论，特别是在同时存在心理健康问题和心理社会逆境的个体中。强烈主张需要考虑自闭症的异质性及其功能表达方式以及恐怖主义的复杂性的高度个性化的配方。最后，强调了自闭症和恐怖主义领域的经验证据和研究的局限性。