Abstract
Abstract The present article investigates an essential question raised by the experience of the psychoanalytic clinic of autism: otherness. The goal of this research is to establish the specificity and the variety of forms of otherness in autism. From the Freudian premise of the complex of the ‘fellow human being’ (Nebenmensch) to the distinction between this and the Other as a place of language, this research examines the forms of otherness that can arise in autism, such as identified by J.-C. Maleval. They are as follow: the autistic object, the double, and the synthetic Other. For this purpose, this paper finds support on life events narrated by autistics as well as clinical fragments from the specialized literature.
Highlights
The present article investigates an essential question raised by the experience of the psychoanalytic clinic of autism: otherness
If we do not believe in the construction of otherness in autism, how can we sustain
They have friends, some get married, their speech is clear and elaborated, and they seem to have assumed a body image. These accounts allow us to observe specific ways in which they could deal with others, make use of language, and talk about themselves. They often resort to a double, such as Donna Williams, a high-functioning autistic who became known from the accounts she produced about her experience
Summary
ABSTRACT – The present article investigates an essential question raised by the experience of the psychoanalytic clinic of autism: otherness. These accounts allow us to observe specific ways in which they could deal with others, make use of language, and talk about themselves They often resort to a double, such as Donna Williams, a high-functioning autistic who became known from the accounts she produced about her experience. In order to develop a reading that does not consider autism a deficit, a failure in relation to the structuring of neurosis or even psychosis, but rather an original and radically singular way of being in the world, this article aims to overcome the statement that the Other was not constituted for these subjects It explores original ways in which autistic subjects seem to be able to limit jouissance and construct otherness, tracing a path that goes from the fellow human-being to the synthetic Other, passing through the autistic object and the double. From the Nebenmensh to the Other there is a step to be taken
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