This review argues that 'behaviour' is frequently deployed not as description but as an interpretive technology that produces diagnostic overshadowing: the conversion of pain, sensory distress, trauma responses, medical needs, and environmental mismatch into 'noncompliance' or 'behaviour of concern.' Drawing on Hacking's account of classification and Rosenhan's demonstration of institutional interpretive capture, this paper proposes that 'behaviour' functions as an administrative slot that can override alternative explanations and restrict access to support.
Following Mattel's announcement of an 'Autistic Barbie' (complete with officially sanctioned traits and accessories), this paper argues a far more confronting position: Barbie and Ken have always been autistic. Not biologically, not diagnostically—but relationally. Autism, we propose, has never been inherent to the doll. It emerges through who is playing, how, and whose inner world is allowed to animate plastic.
Despite overwhelming evidence that sensory-hostile environments impair learning, neurotypical administrators remain steadfast in their belief that fluorescent light enhances concentration and that 'quiet corners' can be drawn with masking tape. Children with heightened perception—commonly mislabeled as 'disruptive'—display physiological escape responses ('bolting') when placed in rooms acoustically engineered for despair. Case studies confirm that consequences can be fatal. Still, the prevailing intervention remains compliance training, not environmental reform.