Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement : Stories from the Frontline.

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Main Author: Kapp, Steven K.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited, 2019.
Edition:1st ed.
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505 0 |a Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1 Introduction -- Introduction to the Neurodiversity Movement -- The Diversity in Neurodiversity -- The Neuro- in Neurodiversity -- Interaction with the Medical Model -- Self-Advocacy -- History and Introduction to Contributors -- Part I: Gaining Community -- Part II: Getting Heard -- Part III: Entering the Establishment? -- References -- Part I Gaining Community -- 2 Historicizing Jim Sinclair's "Don't Mourn for Us": A Cultural and Intellectual History of Neurodiversity's First Manifesto -- Autistic Writings and the Neurotypical Audience -- The Radicalism of Sinclair -- Sinclair, Autspace, and the Development of Autistic Culture -- References -- 3 From Exclusion to Acceptance: Independent Living on the Autistic Spectrum -- References -- 4 Autistic People Against Neuroleptic Abuse -- Origins -- Getting to Work and Forming Alliances -- Communicating Our Message Across Many Platforms -- Pressing Parliament and Leaning on the Law -- Impact -- References -- 5 Autistics.Org and Finding Our Voices as an Activist Movement -- Deep Origins: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Fair Housing Campaign -- My Activist Past -- Finding Out About Autism -- What Led up to the Creation of Autistics.Org -- Sometimes It Is Allies Who Work Against You -- Autistics.Org -- The End of Autistics.Org? -- Reference -- 6 Losing -- References -- Part II Getting Heard -- 7 Neurodiversity.Com: A Decade of Advocacy -- Introduction -- Engaging Neurodiversity -- Neurodiversity.Com -- Engaging Advocacy -- Neurodiversity Weblog -- Engaging Community -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Autscape -- In the Beginning, There Was a List -- Autistic Space -- Autistic Participants -- Herding Cats (Autistic Organizers) -- Where Next -- References -- 9 The Autistic Genocide Clock -- Alarm Bells -- Aspergia. 
505 8 |a Continuing the Conversation -- Countdown -- Drawing Attention -- Autism Hub -- Moving Toward Acceptance -- References -- 10 Shifting the System: AASPIRE and the Loom of Science and Activism -- My Introduction to the Autistic Advocacy and Neurodiversity Movement -- Individuals and Organizations Critical to My Contribution to Neurodiversity and Autistic Activism -- Intended Goals of My Neurodiversity or Autistic Activism -- Steps to Meet the Intended Goals -- My Work's Place in the Broader Movement -- What Neurodiversity Means to Me -- References -- 11 Out of Searching Comes New Vibrance -- Out of Searching Came Community -- References -- 12 Two Winding Parent Paths to Neurodiversity Advocacy -- Shannon Des Roches Rosa: Encountering Neurodiversity as a Terrified Outsider -- Rejecting Autism Quackery -- Learning Why Neurodiversity Matters from Insider Perspectives -- Carol Greenburg: Advocacy Rooted in a Neurodivergent Family Tree -- Suddenly My World Made Sense -- A Chance Encounter. A Permanent Change -- TPGA: A Neurodiverse Ecosystem -- Conclusion -- References -- 13 Lobbying Autism's Diagnostic Revision in the DSM-5 -- Larger Context of Diagnostic Process -- Strategy and Tactics -- Communications with the Workgroup -- Outcomes and Implications -- References -- 14 Torture in the Name of Treatment: The Mission to Stop the Shocks in the Age of Deinstitutionalization -- Inhumane Beyond All Reason -- Tearing Down the Walls They Built -- Though We Be but Small, We Are Mighty -- New Resistance and Organizing Against the School of Shock -- Freeing (All) Our People -- References -- 15 Autonomy, the Critical Journal of Interdisciplinary Autism Studies -- Neurodiversity -- Academia -- The Journal -- The Ethos of "Autonomy" -- References -- 16 My Time with Autism Speaks -- References -- 17 Covering the Politics of Neurodiversity: And Myself -- References. 
505 8 |a 18 "A Dream Deferred" No Longer: Backstory of the First Autism and Race Anthology -- References -- Part III Entering the Establishment? -- 19 Changing Paradigms: The Emergence of the Autism/Neurodiversity Manifesto -- A Bit About Me -- Late Diagnosis-Diagnosing Difference -- Blogging and Other Internet Activities -- Defining Neurodiversity -- From Dyslexia to Autism-Silencing Voices -- The Role that Shaped My Actions -- The Advocates Who Inspired Me -- The Butterfly Effect: Reaching the Right Person -- Conceptualizing an Inclusive Manifesto-The Meeting -- The Creation of the Manifesto-Steering Group Actions -- Where We Are Now-The Present -- Launch of Neurodivergent Labour -- References -- 20 From Protest to Taskforce -- Autistic Influence on the Emergence of Autistica -- Autistic Input into the National Autism Project -- The National Autistic Taskforce -- Lessons Learned -- References -- 21 Critiques of the Neurodiversity Movement -- Preamble -- How Identity Politics Dichotomizes Would-Be Allies -- Defining Who Is "In": Who Is Neurodivergent? -- Representativeness -- Reductionism -- Medicalization and the Master's House -- Group Think -- Conclusion -- References -- 22 Conclusion -- The Story so Far -- Inclusion of Autistic People with Higher Support Needs -- Serving the Interests of Autistic People with Higher Support Needs -- Final Thoughts -- References -- Index. 
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