BackTrack: Phil Schwarz before Autreat audience, 2004 "Policymaking, fundraising and publicity are based on a characterization of autism as a monolithic "enemy", leaving no room for subtle distinctions between a "medical/pathological model" of impairment intrinsic to the individual, and a "social model" of handicap due to the inflexibility, intolerance, or lack of accommodations on the part of the surrounding society. The lion's share of attention and resources are focused on the former, at the expense of the latter."