The diagnosis of autism is on the rise. Autistic people, parents, professionals, and policy makers alike face important questions about the right approach toward autism. For example, there are questions about the desirability of early detection, the role and consequences of underlying cognitive theories, and whether autism is a disorder to be treated or an identity to be respected. How does the fact that autism is a heterogeneous concept affect the answers to these questions? Who has the authority or knowledge to speak on behalf of people with autism? In this paper, we describe a cluster of research topics which should be on the agenda of the emerging field of autism ethics. These topics include the very concept of autism itself, the question whether autism is primarily an identity or a disorder, the ethical questions that parents of autistic children face, metaethical questions, the ethical consequences of epistemological questions, and a cluster of questions related to social justice, stigma, and paternalism.

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自闭症的伦理

自闭症的诊断正在上升。自闭症患者，父母，专业人员和政策制定者都面临着有关正确的自闭症治疗方法的重要问题。例如，存在关于以下问题的问题：早期发现的可取性，潜在认知理论的作用和后果，以及自闭症是要治疗的疾病还是要尊重的身份。自闭症是一个异类概念这一事实如何影响这些问题的答案？谁有权或有知识代表自闭症患者讲话？在本文中，我们描述了一系列研究主题，这些主题应该放在自闭症伦理新兴领域的议程上。这些主题包括自闭症本身的概念，自闭症主要是一种身份还是一种疾病的问题，