8. Update Log

Latest update: v2.3 — 7 April 2025

Converted the full paper to GitBook format for improved accessibility, navigation, and long-term adaptability.
Added section landing pages with updated introductory paragraphs to align with GitBook formatting.
Made minor structural refinements across pages to align section formatting, heading structure, and internal consistency with GitBook presentation standards.

Added new Section 3: Neurological Foundation and Implications to strengthen biological plausibility of the Monotropic Expansion model through alignment with existing neuroscience literature.
Section 3 includes five subsections detailing salience anchoring, attentional inertia, predictive coding, neurodevelopmental divergence, and ethical implications of structural modeling.
Integrated citations from Uddin et al. (2016), Lawson et al. (2020), and Courchesne et al. (2011) to ground the model in current research.
Revised overall section order to place this addition between the core model mechanics and the theoretical alignment section.
Minor language refinements made throughout for consistency and clarity.

Refined the introduction (Section 1) for improved clarity and flow.
Strengthened critique of deficit-based frameworks and emphasized the paper’s core assumptions.
Addressed potential criticisms of the paper and model directly in Section 1.6.
Enhanced the framing of accessibility considerations in Section 1.4.

Major structural overhaul of the paper, including new section organization and integrated figure references throughout.
Expanded Section 2 with six original conceptual diagrams illustrating core components of monotropic and polytropic cognition.
Rewritten Section 3 (now Section 4) with refined theoretical integration, highlighting alignment, expansion, contrast, and critique of key autism frameworks.
Fully developed Section 4 (now Section 5) to address implications for diagnosis, coexisting conditions, therapy, support, identity, and systemic friction.
Added Section 5 (now Section 6) to reframe autism as a structurally distinct cognitive orientation.
Comprehensive language revisions for clarity, precision, and accessibility.
Model presented as a working theory, with new disclaimers on evidentiary scope and cognitive capacity misinterpretations.
Visual design overhaul to standardize diagrams and improve thematic alignment.

Added Section 2.4: Dynamic Nature of Monotropic Thinking, clarifying the scalable and flexible nature of monotropic processing.
Revised Section 3.1 on Monotropism to reflect its growing legitimacy and its reframe as a dynamic, adaptive strategy.
Updated Section 7.3 (Conclusion) to integrate insights on monotropism’s flexibility and its implications for inclusive support frameworks.
Replaced all references to “comorbid” with “coexisting” to align with strengths-based language.
Refined language and transitions across sections to improve clarity and reduce redundancy.
Enhanced alignment between theoretical and practical sections for a cohesive presentation.

Revised section titles for improved clarity.
Expanded Section 3 to better integrate and reframe established theories (Monotropism, WCC, Enhanced Perceptual Functioning, Predictive Coding, Intense World Theory, Theory of Mind Deficit).
Refined Section 4 to emphasize strengths-based framing and avoid unnecessary challenges to established concepts.
Adjusted the intro of Section 3 to present Monotropic Expansion as an integrative model.
General language improvements for conciseness and consistency.

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