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Neurodiversity Studies: A New Critical Paradigm

Neurodiversity Studies: A New Critical Paradigm

Chown, Nick
Stenning, Anna
Rosqvist, Hanna

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

CognitionGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0367338319
ISBN13: 9780367338312
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 23 2020
Pages: 242
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Building on work in feminist studies, queer studies and critical race theory, this volume challenges the universality of propositions about human nature, by questioning the boundaries between predominant neurotypes and 'others', including dyslexics, autistics and ADHDers.

This is the first work of its kind to bring cutting-edge research across disciplines to the concept of neurodiversity. It offers in-depth explorations of the themes of cure/prevention/eugenics; neurodivergent wellbeing; cross-neurotype communication; neurodiversity at work; and challenging brain-bound cognition. It analyses the role of neuro-normativity in theorising agency, and a proposal for a new alliance between the Hearing Voices Movement and neurodiversity. In doing so, we contribute to a cultural imperative to redefine what it means to be human. To this end, we propose a new field of enquiry that finds ways to support the inclusion of neurodivergent perspectives in knowledge production, and which questions the theoretical and mythological assumptions that produce the idea of the neurotypical.

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