Interpersonal communication molds our way of thinking. Transformative changes come about because in a conversation people trust their friends. After all, don’t friends have your best interests in mind? Indeed, […]
Guest post by historian and philosopher Sam Fellowes I am a diagnosed autistic individual who studies philosophy of psychiatry and history of autism. I am a Wellcome Trust funded academic […]
My previous two blogs dealt with some of the historical misinterpretations in the popular book Neurotribes. My good friend Olga Bogdashina commented that it would be a good idea to […]
A new book by Yuval Levental, “The Pursuit of Knowledge”, deals with the down-to-earth realities of being autistic. Born to an academically oriented family, Yuval pursued a career in engineering. […]
Greetings, Readers of Cortical Chauvinism! My name is Timothy Turner (Tim is fine). I am a 36 year old autistic man from Texas who is currently editing the manuscript of […]
The CDC has reported an increased prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in its monitoring network of 11 sites within the United States. The previous prevalence released in 2016 was reported […]
Leo Kanner played a paramount role in defining autism as a medical condition and in changing societal views towards people with disabilities. He used his academic position at Johns Hopkins […]
Twilah Hiari is an autistic blog writer whose opinions, in part, are a throwback to the Anti-Psychiatry movement of the 1960’s but actualized to fit the problematics of the current […]
More claims are surfacing about the role of Hans Aspeger with the Nazis and the execution of disabled children. Asperger was elevated to sainthood and proclaimed the father of Neurodiversity […]
A couple of years ago I had the opportunity to provide a presentation regarding Neurodiversity at the 10th Annual Nurturing Developing Minds Conference. I was not aware of the fact […]
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