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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 ...
Walker initially began writing about neurodiversity and developing her conceptualization of the neurodiversity paradigm in 2003, in online autistic activist forums. Her first piece on the neurodiversity paradigm to appear in print was the essay “Throw Away the Master’s Tools: Liberating Ourselves from the Pathology Paradigm”, published in 2012.
Since partnering with psychological consultancy, Lexxic (leaders in empowering Neurodiversity in the Workplace), the campaign now sees over 3,100 schools, [1] 1,200 6th forms and colleges, 4,300 organisations, and 7,000 others from over 139 countries participating in Neurodiversity Celebration Week through themed events, guest speakers and ...
Teens today have been growing up in a new reality shaped by social media. "I think parents don't know the majority of what teens are doing on their phones," Sydney Shear told "Nightline." Shear is ...
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]
It will likely come as little surprise to many parents that a large percentage of American teens say their use of certain social media sites is “almost constant,” according to a new Pew ...
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]