The Daily Beast and Pro-Neurodiversity Arguments
A recent article on The Daily Beast has acquired a certain amount of attention on the internet (http://thebea.st/1ziYuY1 ). The article, written by Elizabeth Picciuto, was titled, “They Don’t Want […]
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Bernard Rimland: Founder of the Neurodiversity Movement?
“Instead of focusing on your differences, think about the things all people have in common… like the tendency to focus on their differences.” Anonymous “I would never want to belong […]
Building Trust in Autism Research: A Response to Dr. Manuel Casanova Posted on 20 January 2015 by Dani Alexis
The following is another blog with a different perspective on the neurodiversity movement. It was written in by Dani Alexis in response to one of my blogs (http://bit.ly/1Anrlex). Dani is […]
The Neurodiversity Movement: St. Augustine, Not Aspeger!
This is another opinion piece by one of our readers. Unfortunately I do not know much about Claudia except for her participation in the recent discussion regarding the Neurodiversity Movement. […]
Visualizing Neurodiversity: Breathing for Treatment
This is another blog on neurodiversity by one of our readers. I am hoping that this first person account, as well as others to follow, will promote more understanding among […]
Neurodiversity :Conflict Resolution
I am presently taking care of the medical needs of a close family member in another state. In this regard, I am sorry that I have not been able to […]
The Neurodiversity Movement: Reconciling Different Perspectives
I have been surprised at the attention received by my last blog. I was bedridden with post-flu vertigo while writing the same. The inordinate time that I had to write […]
The Neurodiversity Movement: Lack of Trust
In the midst of a not-so rationalist society the learned elite of autistic individuals, the few, have launched a reformation movement that has been conveyed primarily through autobiographical accounts and […]
The Neurodiversity Argument: Good Intentions Resting on a Shaky Scientific Foundation
Neurodiversity is a movement that offers a perspective about autism that differs from that espoused by the medical profession. The ideology seems rooted in the anti-psychiatry movement ( see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-psychiatry […]
Jonathan Mitchell: The Mu Rhythm Bluff
…because my role is that of a gadfly, “to sting people and whip them into a fury, all in the service of truth” -Socrates Several years ago I met autism’s […]
