Disability through a prism: the conceptual deconstruction of disability and its application to autism

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Wilkenfeld, D. A. (2026). Disability through a prism: the conceptual deconstruction of disability and its application to autism. Synthese, 208(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-026-05789-2

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  1. Daniel A. Wilkenfeld *

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Cited references
52
With a DOI
40
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12
8 / 52 (15.4%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
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12 / 52 (23.1%)
References with detected author names
42 / 52 (80.8%)
Without detected author names
10
Without a structured title
12
Without a stable identifier
12
References with raw author names still to review
10
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0
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Author names detected in the cited bibliography
97
From DOI or external metadata
97
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
12
41 / 97 (42.3%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 56 / 97 (57.7%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
8 / 97 (8.2%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 8 / 41 (19.5%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 7 / 90 (7.8%).
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