Hi Tom -- I wanted to drop a quick note with a clarification on my position. In your essay, your argument seems to presume that my essay conflates autism and psychopathy as conditions or experiences. This is a common but inaccurate response to what I wrote. My discussion of rhetoric used against autistic people is meant to serve as an *example* of a larger problem, but *not* the central issue. The central issue is the concept of the psychopath itself, and that is what the article seeks to discuss.
Clarification/Response
Hi Tom -- I wanted to drop a quick note with a clarification on my position. In your essay, your argument seems to presume that my essay conflates autism and psychopathy as conditions or experiences. This is a common but inaccurate response to what I wrote. My discussion of rhetoric used against autistic people is meant to serve as an *example* of a larger problem, but *not* the central issue. The central issue is the concept of the psychopath itself, and that is what the article seeks to discuss.