Cyberspace has turned into a vehicle and territory for new forms of “biosociality.” Prominent among the phenomena sustained by websites and blogs is the emergence of a specific self-advocate vocabulary for categorizing persons (Bagatell 2007): Aspie, Cousin (someone who is not clinically autistic but still similar enough to autistic people to be part of their culture), Neurotypical, Autistic or Autie (preferred to the politically correct “person with autism”), or Curebie (derogatory term for those who wish to cure autism). Websites also recommend fictional and science literature; various online support organizations, blogs, and chat rooms facilitate interaction among autistic individuals, provide clarifications on symptoms, enable the sharing of experiences, and help their users make friends or find partners (Chamak 2008; Jurecic 2007; Silverman, 2008a, 2008b).
Inspired by the homonymous book by Fernando Vidal and Francisco Ortega, this timespace presents the authors' genealogy of the cerebral subject and the influence of the neurological discourse in human sciences, mental health and culture.