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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Walker, Nick (Educator).     Subjects     Neurodiversity.     Brain -- Variation.     Neuropsychology.     Autism.     Queer theory.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Walker, Nick (Educator).       by title:      Neuroqueer heresies ...       by call number:      616.85882 W182n     Search the Web     Walker, Nick (Educator).     Neurodiversity.     Brain -- Variation.     Neuropsychology.     Autism.     Queer theory.       MARC Display

Neuroqueer heresies : notes on the neurodiversity paradigm, autistic empowerment, and postnormal possibilities / Nick Walker. by Walker, Nick (Educator). Autonomous Press, 2021. Call #: 616.85882 W182n Subjects Neurodiversity.   Brain -- Variation.   Neuropsychology.   Autism.   Queer theory. ISBN:  9781945955266 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Notes on the neurodiversity paradigm, autistic empowerment, and postnormal possibilities Description:  193 p. ; 22 cm. Notes:  "Weird books for weird people" --Title page. Contents:  What's in this book, and how it came to be -- Part I: The neurodiversity paradigm. The story behind "Throw away the master's tools" -- Throw away the master's tools: liberating ourselves from the pathology paradigm -- Comments on "Throw away the master's tools" -- Neurodiversity: some basic terms & definitions -- Defining neurodiversity -- Defining neurotypicality & neurodivergence -- Neurodivergence & disability -- Reflections on neurocosmopolitanism -- Part II: Autistic empowerment. The story behind "What is autism?" -- What is autism? -- Autism and social trauma -- Person-first language is the language of autistiphobic bigots -- On the practice of stimming -- The story behind "This is autism" -- This is autism -- Commments on "This is autism" -- For parents of autistic children -- Autism and the pathology paradigm -- Making the shift to the neurodiversity paradigm -- The story behind "Neurotypical psychotheraptists & autistic clients" -- Neurotypical psychotherapists & autistic clients -- Guiding principles for a course on autism -- Part III: Postnormal possibilities. Neuroqueer: an introduction. -- Comments on "neuroqueer: an introduction" -- A horizon of possibility: some notes on neuroqueer theory -- Acknowledgments. Summary:  "The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on human neurodiversity. Neuroqueer Heresies collects a decade's worth of Dr. Walker's most influential writings, along with new commentary by the author and new material on her radical conceptualization of Neuroqueer Theory. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the foundations, terminology, implications, and leading edges of the emerging neurodiversity paradigm." --Provided by the Publisher. Genre:  2SLGBTQIA+ Holds:  3   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Alderney Gate Public Library Adult Nonfiction 616.85882 W182n Adult Trade Paperback Books Transit Request Add Copy to MyList

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