The lecture will discuss the influence of sensory-motor factors on the constitution of autistic deviations from normal psychophysical space. Four types of loops will be presented that describe puzzling spatial configurations in Autistic Spectrum Disorders.     

Undifferentiated and confusional loop-like erotogenic organizations are relevant in two pervasive phenomena typical in ASD adolescents these days. The first phenomenon refers to a largely prevalent tendency to replace physical libidinousness (sex, including masturbation) by watching and listening to representations of sex that are ‘dirty’ and ‘sterile’ at the same time. The second phenomenon refers to the high percentage of gender fluidity and transsexuality among ASD adolescents and adults. In these cases, there is a strong endeavour to understand sexual features in the context of gender discourse, while hardly grasping the complexity and contextuality of gender at all. I will elaborate the assumption that pre-oedipal and oedipal stages, that were experienced under the blinding shadow of undifferentiated erotogenic organization, develop into a psychophysical reality where sexual identifications are doomed to be dominated by perverted and psychotic libidinal manifestations.