# 3.5 Implications for Structural Modeling and Neuroethical Practice

## 3.5 Implications for Structural Modeling and Neuroethical Practice

Understanding the neurological plausibility of Monotropic Expansion does more than validate its internal structure—it provides a roadmap for ethical and scientific recalibration. Neurodevelopmental research must shift from trait aggregation and behavioral coding toward structural modeling: the investigation of how meaning, inertia, and attention are biologically organized and expressed.

This shift also demands a reframing of therapeutic and educational approaches. If autistic cognition is the product of a structurally consistent, neurologically anchored process, then interventions aimed at behavioral normalization are not just ineffective—they are misaligned. The ethical imperative is to support cognitive integrity, not override it.

Monotropic Expansion thus invites a new standard for both research and support. It proposes that understanding autism begins not with what is seen, but with how perception is formed. The structure is already there—deep, internally mapped, and structurally coherent. The task is not to reshape it, but to finally recognize it on its own terms.

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