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@ImaniBarbarin@disabled.social on Twitter / X
@ImaniBarbarin@disabled.social on Twitter / X
I’m glad we’re addressing tipping culture because as a disabled person, there’s an aspect I don’t see widely discussed. pic.twitter.com/y3oO660egI— @ImaniBarbarin@disabled.social (@Imani_Barbarin) March 15, 2024
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@ImaniBarbarin@disabled.social on Twitter / X
Study reveals unexpected literacy in autistic people who cannot speak
Study reveals unexpected literacy in autistic people who cannot speak
pAbout one-third of autistic people are unable to communicate using speech, and most are never provided an effective alternative. However, a new study from scientists at the University of Virginia suggests that many of these individuals are literate, raising the possibility that they could learn to express themselves through writing.  /p
·eurekalert.org·
Study reveals unexpected literacy in autistic people who cannot speak
Transgender Health
Transgender Health
Over the last few decades, there has been a rapid expansion in the understanding of gender identity…
·endocrine.org·
Transgender Health
What science tells us about improving middle school
What science tells us about improving middle school
Over the last 20 years, scientists have learned a lot about how the adolescent brain works and what motivates middle schoolers. Yet a lot of their findings aren't making it into the classroom.
·pbs.org·
What science tells us about improving middle school
CoorDown on TikTok
CoorDown on TikTok
If we have positive assumptions about people with Down syndrome, we'll give them more opportunities. And maybe these positive assumptions will become reality. #AssumeThatICan #WDSD24 #WorldDownSyndromeDay #EndTheStereotypes @madisontevlin@cdndownsyndromesociety @downssyndromeassociation @downsyndromeaustralia@ndssorg @dsinternational
·tiktok.com·
CoorDown on TikTok
A Beginner's Guide to Self-Directed Neurodivergent Play | Tapestry UK
A Beginner's Guide to Self-Directed Neurodivergent Play | Tapestry UK
The free document 'A Beginner's Guide to Self-Directed Neurodivergent Play' has been created to support childminders, nurseries and schools interested in having necessary conversations about neurodivergent play.
·tapestry.info·
A Beginner's Guide to Self-Directed Neurodivergent Play | Tapestry UK
Understanding Monotropism and “Negative” Thoughts - Epona Author Solutions
Understanding Monotropism and “Negative” Thoughts - Epona Author Solutions
There's a belief that "ruts" happen from multiple passes over the same territory, whether they're from repetitive thinking or from tires and the weight of a vehicle, and I'd argue that rather often, that's simply not the case. Simply put, a rut is one experience that left an indelible mark on us, or on the
·eponaauthorsolutions.com·
Understanding Monotropism and “Negative” Thoughts - Epona Author Solutions
Martijn Dekker 🇪🇺 @mcdutchie@cybre.town on X: "I credited #JudySinger with coining the term ‘neurodiversity’ in error. I have found evidence that the #neurodiversity concept was fully formed on my online autistic-run group ‘InLv’ as early as October 1996, well before Singer's 1998 thesis. https://t.co/So234oTFQd" / X
Martijn Dekker 🇪🇺 @mcdutchie@cybre.town on X: "I credited #JudySinger with coining the term ‘neurodiversity’ in error. I have found evidence that the #neurodiversity concept was fully formed on my online autistic-run group ‘InLv’ as early as October 1996, well before Singer's 1998 thesis. https://t.co/So234oTFQd" / X
I credited #JudySinger with coining the term ‘neurodiversity’ in error. I have found evidence that the #neurodiversity concept was fully formed on my online autistic-run group ‘InLv’ as early as October 1996, well before Singer's 1998 thesis.https://t.co/So234oTFQd— Martijn Dekker 🇪🇺 @mcdutchie@cybre.town (@autimodo) July 13, 2023
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Martijn Dekker 🇪🇺 @mcdutchie@cybre.town on X: "I credited #JudySinger with coining the term ‘neurodiversity’ in error. I have found evidence that the #neurodiversity concept was fully formed on my online autistic-run group ‘InLv’ as early as October 1996, well before Singer's 1998 thesis. https://t.co/So234oTFQd" / X
The neurodiversity concept was developed collectively: An overdue correction on the origins of neurodiversity theory - Monique Botha, Robert Chapman, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Steven K Kapp, Abs Stannard Ashley, Nick Walker, 2024
The neurodiversity concept was developed collectively: An overdue correction on the origins of neurodiversity theory - Monique Botha, Robert Chapman, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Steven K Kapp, Abs Stannard Ashley, Nick Walker, 2024
We, an international group of autistic scholars of autism and neurodiversity, discuss recent findings on the origins of the concept and theorising of neurodiver...
We, an international group of autistic scholars of autism and neurodiversity, discuss recent findings on the origins of the concept and theorising of neurodiversity. For some time, the coinage and theorising of the concept of ‘neurodiversity’ has been attributed to Judy Singer. Singer wrote an Honours thesis on the subject in 1998, focused on autistic activists and allies in the autistic community email list Independent Living (InLv). This was revised into a briefer book chapter, published in 1999. Despite the widespread attribution to Singer, the terms ‘neurological diversity’ and ‘neurodiversity’ were first printed in 1997 and 1998, respectively, in the work of the journalist Harvey Blume, who himself attributed them not to Singer but rather to the online community of autistic people, such as the ‘Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical’. Recently, Martijn Dekker reported a 1996 discussion in which one InLv poster, Tony Langdon, writes of the ‘neurological diversity of people. i.e. the atypical among a society provide the different perspectives needed to generate new ideas and advances, whether they be technological, cultural, artistic or otherwise’. Going forward, we should recognise the multiple, collective origins of the neurodiversity concept rather than attributing it to any single author.
This letter discusses the origins of the concept and theory of neurodiversity. It is important to correctly attribute concept and theories to the people who developed them. For some time, the concept of neurodiversity has primarily been attributed to one person, Judy Singer. We consider the available evidence and show that the concept and theory in fact has multiple origins. We draw particular attention to recent archival findings that show the concept of ‘neurological diversity’ was being used years earlier than previously thought. ‘Neurodiversity’ means the same thing as ‘neurological diversity’ and does not change the theory in any way. We conclude that both the concept of neurological diversity or neurodiversity, and the body of theory surrounding it, should be understood as having been collectively developed by neurodivergent people.
·journals.sagepub.com·
The neurodiversity concept was developed collectively: An overdue correction on the origins of neurodiversity theory - Monique Botha, Robert Chapman, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Steven K Kapp, Abs Stannard Ashley, Nick Walker, 2024
Silent Speech Acts and their Cognitive Effects
Silent Speech Acts and their Cognitive Effects
Dinah K.C. MurrayUniversity College London From The Pragmatic Perspective: Selected Papers from the 1985 International Pragmatics Conference edited by Jef Verschueren and Marcella Bertuccelli Papi.…
·monotropism.org·
Silent Speech Acts and their Cognitive Effects
Autism: a Mind-Body Problem
Autism: a Mind-Body Problem
Dinah KC Murray, 1993. From Biological Perspectives in Autism: Proceedings from the 1993 conference of the Autism Research Unit of the University of Sunderland. Editor’s note: this was Dinah&…
·monotropism.org·
Autism: a Mind-Body Problem
Sensory-Being for Sensory Beings: Creating Entrancing Sensory Experiences
Sensory-Being for Sensory Beings: Creating Entrancing Sensory Experiences
Sensory-being: the enveloping of natural presentness and awareness in an unfolding sensory moment. Sensory Beings: people whose experience of the world, and meaning within it, is primarily sensory. Often these are people who do not have access to language. If you support someone who understands the world in a primarily sensory way, for example someone with PMLD or later stage dementia, you will recognise that they often face periods of time in which they are left without an activity they can acc
·routledge.com·
Sensory-Being for Sensory Beings: Creating Entrancing Sensory Experiences
Children’s spaces of belonging in schools: bringing theories and stakeholder perspectives into dialogue - ePrints Soton
Children’s spaces of belonging in schools: bringing theories and stakeholder perspectives into dialogue - ePrints Soton
This paper discusses the question: What is the explanatory power of bringing into dialogue theories of space and place with participatory research approaches that focus on joint perspectives of pupils, teachers and researchers in understanding the dynamics of children’s places of belonging in schools? It advances an argument that understanding children’s spaces of belonging in schools is relatively limited, particularly from a theoretically sophisticated stance or from children’s perspectives. The paper concludes that bringing together concepts of relational space as analytical tools with a participatory approach can create a third space that challenges binary positioning of ‘in/out’ with the potential to act as a safe haven for reflection and growth.
·eprints.soton.ac.uk·
Children’s spaces of belonging in schools: bringing theories and stakeholder perspectives into dialogue - ePrints Soton
Shedding my labels
Shedding my labels
The author reflects on their journey to understanding their neurodivergent identity and the impact of labels and diagnoses on their sense of self. They express frustration with how others perceive …
·autisticltd.co.uk·
Shedding my labels