Stenning, A orcid.org/0000-0001-6145-7942 and Rosqvist, HB (2021) Neurodiversity studies: mapping out possibilities of a new critical paradigm. Disability & Society, 36 (9). pp. 1532-1537. ISSN 0968-7599
Abstract
Neurodevelopmental classifications and the collective idea of neurodivergence can be seen as a ‘moving target’. In our understanding, this means that it responds to the needs of society as well as potentially infinite neurological differences between humans. Therefore, rather than assume that neurodiversity exists according to the existing clinical categories of autism and related conditions (that are often centred around autism as the exemplary kind of neurodivergence), we leave the possibility open that there are other forms of difference that have yet to be defined. In the paper we explore how neurodiversity has been described as a collective property of brains, as we try to negotiate between us what it is to be human and how we can work together to ensure our flourishing and to alleviate suffering. We consider implications of this understanding of neurodiversity for autism research, and propose that we unpick the analogy between neurodiversity and biodiversity.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of an article published in Disability and Society. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | autism; neurodivergence; neurodiversity; neurodiversity studies |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of English (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Wellcome Trust 218124/A/19/Z |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jul 2021 10:14 |
Last Modified: | 24 Dec 2022 01:13 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Routledge |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09687599.2021.1919503 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:175933 |