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

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Behind all of this though, were conclusions about social behavior and biological systems that are both absolutely true and not often talked about.

If your personal and professional life intersects with neurodivergent folx (and we are kind of everywhere, I'm afraid) then this is a rocking good guide to the future we're imagining for ourselves. I would be worried about undergraduates reading this unedited early text in the privileged position of course textbook, primarily because the text assigns morality to normative grammar, unintentionally stigmatising those who don't construct sentences and assign meaning in the same way that the author does. The million copy bestseller, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara, is an immensely powerful and heartbreaking novel of brotherly love and.The overall information in this book is so valuable, but the minimal lens of only thinking of those autistic individuals who are more able to mask their unique behaviors over the ones with more obvious needs and behaviors, does this information a huge disservice.

As well as educating readers about terminology related to neurodiversity, you will learn about the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic empowerment, and postnormal possibilities—a challenge to normativity. I am aware that this book is meant to be an academic text, especially since the author literally wrote that she intended to use this book as a textbook for courses she teaches. This book collects Nick’s most critical writings on neurodiversity, autism and queerness and is a must read for anyone with an interest in these topics. Paired with these silly mistakes is an academic language that felt inaccessible at times because of the complexity of the word choice.

As this was actually a collection of essays I felt it sometimes lacked flow and occasionally felt like it needed a tad more embellishment. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. It will change how you view yourself and others in your life, guiding you to fully embrace your weird and amazing self. This is the second queer, trans, autistic, doctorate-level author I’ve found in the last month and I am again so disoriented after reading. Ultimately a great book, but I feel I would have gotten as much out of it from reading the second half alone.