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Neurodiversity Studies: A New Critical Paradigm

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Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, Nick Chown, Anna Catherine Stenning·2020·Routledge eBooks
DOI 10.4324/9780429322297
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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. Working at the crossroads between sociology, critical psychology, medical humanities, critical disability studies, and critical autism studies, and sharing theoretical ground with critical race studies and critical queer studies, the proposed new field – neurodiversity studies – will be of interest to people working in all these areas.

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  • Most recently, autistic scholars have sought to progress the scholarship of neurodiversity in its own right, through the emerging disciplines of critical autism studies and neurodiversity studies.

    “Most recently, autistic scholars have sought to progress the scholarship of neurodiversity in its own right, through the emerging disciplines of critical autism studies and neurodiversity studies (Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, Chown, & Stenning, 2020; Kapp, 2020; Walker & Raymaker, 2020).”

    From Annual Research Review: Shifting from ‘normal science’ to neurodiversity in autism science (2022) · cites this paper as Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, Chown, & Stenning, 2020

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Authors
Rosqvist, H. B., Chown, N., & Stenning, A. C.
Affiliations
Linköping University (SE)
ORCID
Venue
Routledge eBooks
Publisher
Routledge
Published
2020-06-02
DOI
10.4324/9780429322297
OpenAlex
W3027371659
Cited by
211
References
27
Citations by year
2026: 50 · 2025: 55 · 2024: 48 · 2023: 31 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 2
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14.56
Type
book
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-nd
Locations
  • Routledge eBooks (publishedVersion)
  • BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation
  • University of Essex
  • London School of Economics and Political Science
  • British Psychological Society
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Bristol
  • Durham University
  • National Brain Research Centre
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Rights and Representation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies
Keywords
neurodiversity, neurotypicality, eugenics, agency, autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, critical disability studies, critical autism studies, human nature, knowledge production

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