Retell Unusual Autism The Unseen Predictive Coding Disruption
Conventional narratives around autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often center on social deficits and repetitive behaviors. However, a growing body of neuroscientific evidence suggests that the core of "unusual autism" lies not in a social brain dysfunction, but in a fundamental disruption of predictive coding. This article re-frames autistic experience not as a deficit, but as a distinct perceptual reality—one that challenges the very structure of how we process uncertainty. The Predictive Brain vs. The Autistic Brain Standard cognitive models posit that the brain is a prediction machine, constantly generating models of the world to minimize surprise. For neurotypical individuals, sensory…
