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Moving to a neurodiversity-affirming paradigm in the support system: Autistic professionals As paradigm change - Zosia Zaks, 2025 The purpose of support provided to autistic people in the United States has been to normalize their behavior and communication. Due to serious risks of normaliz...

"A robust cohort of autistic professionals would quickly dispute autistic incompetence and incapacity; refute autistic abnormality; destigmatize autistic priorities and ways of being; and rectify imbalances of power in decision-making"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... interviews, COIs, free

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Le mois de février en est un qui célèbre la culture, l’histoire et l’héritage des personnes Noires. Surtout, rendons aussi hommage à l’apport des #AfroQueer (Noires et LGBTQI+) dans toutes nos intersections !

Honneur, reconnaissance et respect 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🦄♾️✊🏽🙏🏾

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#QueerBlackJoy #JoieQueerNoire

Thirty Years on from Sinclair: A Scoping Review of Neurodiversity Definitions and Conceptualisations in Empirical Research - Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders A review of research is beneficial in contributing to the debate about neurodiversity conceptualisation. Thus, the aim of this study was to identify how neurodiversity has been defined and conceptuali...

"conceptualisation of neurodiversity in empirical research"?--scoping review, autism-relevant, free link.springer.com/article/10.1... "While some consensus in the field exists, contrasts and debate remain, particularly regarding the alignment of neurodiversity with disability models"?

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It's not a mystery why neurodivergent people tend to have neurodivergent kids—even if those kids' neurodivergence isn't exactly the same as the parents'. Spread the word. -SR, who is gazing at her own friends with so much love. #neurodiversity

What’s at stake here is the quality of life and that’s evidently impacted by stigma and, an array of complex social inequalities that many Aû are facing in their everyday lives. More social and disability justice and, access to care, not just assessment.

Finding a job as autistic is a challenge, but keeping it, changing it or aspire to a career progression and retire remain under explored by research. This study offers a new perspective.

Quand un rappel de l’impérialisme américain nous donne froid dans le dos

This is critical in dismantling the Theory of mind (ToM) claims in autism and mental health research

Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement This open access book demonstrates 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 ...

Just realised that my free book featuring over 20 activists Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from Frontline has been accessed over a million times! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Good to see it spread through news, policy, social media. Glad so many have benefitted. 🙏

Beyond self-regulation: Autistic experiences and perceptions of stimming - Isabelle F Morris, Jesica R Sykes, Emilie R Paulus, Alharith Dameh, Aysha Razzaque, Lauren Vander Esch, Jenna Gruenig, Philip... Repetitive, self-stimulatory behaviors (“stimming”) are a hallmark characteristic of autism. Stimming is thought to aid in self-regulation, but autistic perspec...

In 1 survey, autistic adults were "most likely to stim when feeling anxious (50%), frustrated (39%), excited (37%), and angry (33%)" & "least likely to stim when feeling sick (11%), tired (15%), focused (17%), in pain (18%), or daydreaming (19%)"? journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 2 surveys, free

Table representing five ways in which patients can manifest their agency in clinical interactions.

The preface to Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare (open access) argues that the active participation of patients in clinical interactions enables an exchange of knowledge that makes interactions not only more just, but also more conducive to good health outcomes. link.springer.com/bo... #philsky

Laurent Mottron propose une nouvelle conception de l'autisme, en le considérant non pas comme une pathologie, mais comme une forme de bifurcation développementale, comparable au fait d'être gaucher ou à la grossesse gémellaire, par exemple.
À lire. Et peut-être à relire.

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November 2024 Book Releases Recap!

Here are the books about autism, or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors, published this month!

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