Well the abstract is bull is it not? hardly social model because it implies the existence of
neurological disability (that is a condition centred in the self) as a gainst neuro diversity,
which is a broader but less stigmatised phenotype, but then what do you expect from our colonial
masters, the thinkers who think they can outsmart us with there access to the literature and there
innate privelege.
If you are out there Dana, kindly come step into the ring.
The effing language of prevarication, the pussyfutting verbal constructs "families with children
*with* autism" says it all about this misuse of the language to distance the writer from the reality
of what is represented in "polite" but nonetheless oppressive discourse
Larry
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> Subject: Neurodiversity, neurological disability and the
> public sector: notes on the autism spectrum
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> Disability and Society
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> Author: Dana Lee Baker a
> Abstract
> Neurodiversity and neurological disabilities reflect rising
> public sector challenges. Both refer to the same set of
> medical conditions, but speak to different aspects of
> diversity affecting the public sector. Neurodiversity
> describes features of neurological difference associated with
> individual or community identity that is a more or less
> elective choice of those experiencing neurological
> difference. Neurological disability refers to impairment of
> socially determined major life functions caused by
> observable, diagnosable difference in an individual's brain.
> Both neurodiversity and neurological disability produce
> challenges and opportunities for public programs and
> societies. This article employs findings from a survey of
> families with children with autism to examine administrative
> implications of neurodiversity and neurological disability.
> The findings suggest that in managing new (and rising) kinds
> of diversity, public administrators must navigate sharpening
> divides between interests related to inclusion and those
> related to identity.
> http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a727488165~db
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>
> Related articles here:-
> http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=365
> http://65.39.131.180/ContentPage.aspx?name=Journal_of_Ethics_i
> n_Mental_Health_Neurodiversity
>
> NeuroDiversity weblog:- http://neurodiversity.com
>
> An Unauthorized Neurotypical Thinks and Feels Among Boxes She
> may also be on the fringes of the autistic spectrum. ..... a
> variety of issues related to neurodiversity, disability
> rights, and gender identity ...
> http://reformnormal.blogspot.com
>
> Colin Revell
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