This open access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities and rationales of key leaders in their own words since it organized into a unique community in 1992. Sandwiched by editorial chapters that include critical analysis, the book contains 19 chapters by 21 authors about the forming of the autistic community and neurodiversity movement, progress in their influence on the broader autism community and field, and their possible threshold of the advocacy establishment. The actions covered are legendary in the autistic community, including manifestos such as “Don’t Mourn for Us”, mailing lists, websites or webpages, conferences, issue campaigns, academic project and journal, a book, and advisory roles. These actions have shifted the landscape toward viewing autism in social terms of human rights and identity to accept, rather than as a medical collection of deficits and symptoms to cure.This open access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities and rationales of key leaders in their own words since it organized into a unique community in 1992. Sandwiched by editorial chapters that include critical analysis, the book contains 19 chapters by 21 authors about the forming of the autistic community and neurodiversity movement, progress in their influence on the broader autism community and field, and their possible threshold of the advocacy establishment. The actions covered are legendary in the autistic community, including manifestos such as “Don’t Mourn for Us”, mailing lists, websites or webpages, conferences, issue campaigns, academic project and journal, a book, and advisory roles. These actions have shifted the landscape toward viewing autism in social terms of human rights and identity to accept, rather than as a medical collection of deficits and symptoms to cure.
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This open access book marks the first historical overview of the autism rights branch of the neurodiversity movement, describing the activities and rationales of key leaders in their own words since i
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2020 Jun 22
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978-981-13-8437-0
Dr Kapp works as a research fellow on the Wellcome Trust-funded project Exploring Diagnosis: Autism and Neurodiversity. In October 2016 he joined Egenis to study how conceptions of autism, neurodiversity, and support associate with identity, lived experiences, and quality of life. This work builds on his research and participation in self-advocacy movements, including first authorship on a study on autism and neurodiversity in Developmental Psychology that presented the first known direct comparison of autistic and non-autistic people's attitudes toward autism. He contributed to the revision of autism's diagnostic criteria in the DSM-5 as director of science in the Autistic Self Advocacy Network, and served on California state projects to support people with learning difficulties' transition to competitive, integrated employment from 2010 to 2016. His background includes public policy, education, psychology, and disability studies, with additional publications in anthropology, medicine, and neuroscience reaching diverse audiences and readerships.
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