The literature on Autism has been considered marginal but developing. Various writers and critics in the field have tried to set forth a more palpable attitude of this form of disability while missing and/or escaping one crucial question: does Autism make possible an advantageous ground for the autistic person? In other words, what is the semantic role of the slash in dis/ability? This study directs this question through a literary case of the novel "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time" by Mark Haddon. The process and result of such analysis is directive in both providing us with a new paradigm of autism, as well as exemplifying strategies through which the autistic person performs progressively. In this respect, the concept of individual empowerment, theorised by Elisheva Sadan, holds the axle of analysis. In the scope of this research, Haddon's novel proves to be a formative ground for redefining autism in its current manipulation, a source of self-reliance and inner-outer evaluator which processes socio-communal inputs given to it in order to systematise the action/reactions of the autistic person. Meanwhile, this study concludes with suggestions on how an autistic person can filter and organise his environment to perform distinctly and productively.