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The research paper aims to study and analyse the application of enhanced perceptual functioning of a character with autism in Corinne Duyvis’s On the Edge of Gone. The role of enhanced perceptual functioning in making the autistic character do exceptional things is further discerned. The unique abilities of autism are rarely understood and recognised by society as it is described as a neurodivergent disability. The enhanced perceptual theory provides insights into the unique cognitive strengths observed in individuals with autism, refuting their label of disability. Research on autistic spectrum disorder has highlighted the advantageous traits of enhanced memory, heightened sensory perception, detailed observation, and intellectual abilities over language and communicative skills. Their categorization of neurodivergent disability is blurred and diminished by their capabilities and manoeuvring actions. Corinne Duyvis’s On the Edge of Gone is a neurodivergent dystopian novel with an autistic protagonist trying to survive the catastrophe caused by a massive comet.
Raghave R, and Dr. S. Gomathi. “Perceptual Ability of Autistic Character in the Neurodivergent Narrative of Corinne Duyvis.” The Criterion: An International Journal in English, vol. 17, no. 2, Apr. 2026, pp. 640–651. DOI, https://doi.org/10.66376/criterion.v17.n2.41.
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