Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities

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If you aren't questioning at least some of your long-held beliefs by the end of this book, then go back to the beginning and start again.

But unfortunately, these wonderful nuggets of information are densely wrapped in a tirade about the people who get it wrong, with a chapter and a half seemingly entirely devoted to ranting about this. Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on human neurodiversity. Took a star off because there was definitely a vibe of "I'm the expert and anyone who disagrees with me, is wrong.

As a brief overview - I love and agree with every point made, but really wish that these points were made with a little more sensitivity and a whole lot less ranting. But be prepared to sift through vast amounts of over-explaining and a chunky chapter filled with ranting about the incorrect use of language. While I happen to share her preferred language and framing of autistic experiences, I don't share her lack of respect or tolerance toward autistic folks who think and speak differently on these points. Throw Away the Master’s tools is a popular essay detailing the reasons we need radical changes to improve the lives of Autistic people.

Neuroqueer Heresies provides hope—even a demand—of a more liberating future for Autistic and neurodivergent people. Ultimately a great book, but I feel I would have gotten as much out of it from reading the second half alone. What Walker has done in Neuroqueer Heresies is define and celebrate the neurodiversity paradigm, yanking autism out of the disease and medical model into its proper place as an example of a necessary diversity of neurotype.The long-awaited second instalment in Samantha Shannon's Sunday Times and New York Times-bestselling series Tunuva Melim is a sister of the Priory. Shelving this under ethics, human rights, and justice-making because the disablement of neurodivergent folx is part of social problems of injustice and educational expectations (trying to make people pass as more neurotypical).