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The neurodiversity paradigm is a framework for understanding human brain function that considers the diversity within sensory processing, motor abilities, social comfort, cognition, and focus as neurobiological differences. This diversity falls on a spectrum of neurocognitive differences. [1]
The theory of the double empathy problem is a psychological and sociological theory first coined in 2012 by Damian Milton, an autistic autism researcher. [2] This theory proposes that many of the difficulties autistic individuals face when socializing with non-autistic individuals are due, in part, to a lack of mutual understanding between the two groups, meaning that most autistic people ...
Jim Sinclair is an American autistic activist and writer who helped pioneer the neurodiversity movement. [1] Sinclair, along with Xenia Grant and Donna Williams, formed Autism Network International (ANI). [2] Sinclair became the original coordinator of ANI. [3]
Neurodiversity Celebration Week is a worldwide initiative that challenges stereotypes and misconceptions about neurodevelopmental disorders and learning disabilities. NCW 2025 is taking place from Monday 17 March - Sunday 23 March.
In 2016, she published the book Neurodiversity: The Birth of an Idea. [11] Singer has distanced herself from the expansion of the term neurodiversity outside of her original focus on "high functioning" autism awareness when coining the term, stating: “I was very clear in my thesis that I was only talking about Asperger’s." [12]
The changing practice was to practice cultural understanding for neurodiversity as a social difference or personal identity. [5] In this framing, neuroatypical conditions could be recognized as another form of diversity comparable to gender, sexual orientation, or race. [5]
Neuroqueer theory is a framework that intersects the fields of neurodiversity and queer theory. [1] It examines the ways society constructs and defines normalcy, particularly concerning gender, sexual orientation, and dis/ability, and challenges those constructions. [2]
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity is a book by Steve Silberman that discusses autism and neurodiversity [1] from historic, scientific, and advocacy-based perspectives. Neurotribes was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2015, [2] [3] and has received wide acclaim from both the scientific and the popular press.