1 The embodied view of autism PREPRINT Please cite as: Szokolszky, Á. és Kékes Szabó M. (2019). The embodied view of autism Transylvanian Journal of Psychology XX(1), 3-32. Ágnes Szokolszky szokolszky.agnes@edpsy.u-szeged.hu University of Szeged Faculty of Humanities Institute of Psychology Department of Cognitive and Neuroscience Marietta Kékes Szabó kszmarietta@jgypk.u-szeged.hu University of Szeged Gyula Juhász Teacher Training Faculty Department of Applied Pedagogy and Psychology Abstract In the past decades, research has firmly established that Autism Spectrum Disorder is a multicausal, multilevel phenomenon. With this multidimensional approach, theoretical viewpoints informing empirical research have also become more pluralized. In this paper, we describe a turn towards a metatheoretical shift in cognitive science labeled as "embodiment" and its application to theories and research on autism. We show how the premises of the embodied view of cognition: the relational-embodied nature of the mind and the interconnectedness of action, perception, thought, and affect lead to an approach to autism that