Week Six: Neurodiversity

WEEK SIX: NEURODIVERSITY

February 23

Joseph N. Straus, "Autism as Culture," in Disability Studies Reader

Melanie Yergeau, “Clinically Significant Disturbance: On Theorists Who Theorize Theory of Mind,” in Disability Studies Quarterly

http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3876/3405

Melanie Yergeau, "I Stim, Therefore I Am"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2QSvPIDXwA

Nick Walker's blog, Neurocosmopolitanism:

     "Neuro-what?"

     http://neurocosmopolitanism.com/neuro-what/ 

     "Neuroqueer: An Introduction"

     http://neurocosmopolitanism.com/neuroqueer-an-introduction/

     "Neurodiversity: Some Basic Terms and Definitions"

     http://neurocosmopolitanism.com/neurodiversity-some-basic-terms-definitions/

Ibby Grace, Neuroqueer blog:  "Are you Neuroqueer?"

http://neuroqueer.blogspot.com/2013/09/are-you-neuroqueer.html

Julia Bascom, Just Stimming blog, "Quiet Hands"

https://juststimming.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/quiet-hands/

The Loud Hands Project

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iVektXsNRI

Optional:

S#!IT Ignorant People Say to Autistics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fTBM_3sdwE

If you have specific questions about autism I suggest you check out the youtube series "Ask An Autistic."

For example: "What is Stimming?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WexCWZPJE6A

 

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