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The sense-making of social motor competence in autism spectrum disorder

He Jianqing

The social motor dimension is observed early in an individual's life, and although still in their infancy, the differences between infants with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing infants begin to emerge early. Therefore, it is necessary to refer to the characteristics of the social motor dimension in ASD in order to promote the formation of systematic criteria for the early diagnosis, which still remains a challenge. In addition, there is a lack of meaning construction in the social motor dimension in ASD. On this level, the connection between movements should be emphasised in interventions. In particular, Chinese movements such as Tai Chi, emphasise the connection between movement and holistic nature. In the clinical treatment of ASD, the use of these types of movements should be considered in an effort to improve the daily mobility of ASD.

Kant and Freud on the restriction of the subject

Yang Jin

Subjectivity is commonly a problematic domain for both critical philosophy and psychoanalysis. Analysts' understandings of subjectivity have a decisive influence on their analytical work, and most of these understandings come from psychoanalysts' accumulated analytical and therapeutic experience. Unlike a psychoanalytic source of subjective knowledge, which has a significant practical dimension, critical philosophy maintains a theoretical attitude towards the subject, which prompts philosophy to question more directly what the subject is and about the possibility of the subject's knowledge. A common denominator on the question of subjectivity between Freud and Kant is that they impose a perceptual restriction on the subject, which opens the possibility of enlightening and deepening psychoanalytic therapy in the light of critical philosophy, specifically by allowing analytical work to avoid a strong naturalistic position. In this way, psychoanalytic doctrine may not necessar