Autistic community and the neurodiversity movement : Stories from the frontline
- Author
- Steven K. Kapp
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer
- Language
- English
- Document Type
- Book
- Faculty / Subject Heading
- Social Science
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This book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities and rationales of key leaders in their own words since it organized into a unique community in 1992. Sandwiched by editorial chapters that include critical analysis, the book contains 19 chapters by 21 authors about the forming of the autistic community and neurodiversity movement, progress in their influence on the broader autism community and field, and their possible threshold of the advocacy establishment
Keywords: Social Science / Disability Studies / Child and Adolescent Psychiatry / Social Work / Theory of Medicine / Bioethics autism / Neuropsychological disorders / Atypical neurological development / Disability rights activism / Neurodiversity / Neurocentricism / Autism Network International / Living on the Autistic Spectrum / Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse / Autistic people as a minority group / Neurodivergent
