The Straw-Women of the Neurodiversity Movement

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What this summer's arguments about autism and ADHD do to diagnosis, stigma and whether people tell anyone.

In early 2023, Cambridge University were delighted to tell the world that Dr Jason Arday had been appointed as a Professor of Sociology of Education, with his post beginning in March that year. Cambridge University shared "Arday has faced many personal challenges – notably being diagnosed, at the age of three, with a form of Autism Spectrum Disorder which meant he was unable to speak until he was 11." This inspiration porn style article posits Jason, a Black, working class, man with 'autism spectrum disorder' as being able to overcome his disability (and presumably his race and ethnicity?) to be able to become a professor.

A new paper by developmental psychologist Uta Frith claims that the diagnostic threshold for autism has become ‘too broad’, to the point…

As I have already noted today, The Times has chosen to question whether Chris Packham is really autistic, despite the fact that he has a diagnosis saying that he is. I have already discussed some aspe...

Op-ed: Cities keep building rooms and waiting for community to show up in them. Three years of running Dungeons & Dragons nights in bars taught me what those rooms are actually missing.

But sometimes autistic noncompliance and differences are positive nonconformity, so, "Be grateful for those who dare to be different."

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