normative
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What is it about ABA that is so harmful to Autistic people?
There are many things within this world that can cause controversy in minority communities. One less discussed in mainstream society, but of…
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Challenging Behaviour: The weaponisation of Autistic existence
Challenging behaviour. It’s a term we have likely all heard. It projects images of violent children, unruly and disruptive to the children…
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Reclaiming Neurofuturism: Neuroqueering knowledge and its production
In a previous article, I discussed the idea of verisimilitude. I discussed how we might never find an objective truth that explains…
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Neurodivergence, disability, and the politics of existence
Neuroqueer theory has been the single most important idea to emerge from the academic circles of neurodiversity into my own life. I…
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World Autism Day 2023: A reflection on the work still to do
The date is April 2nd, 2023. This means another World Autism Day (part of the wider Autism Acceptance Month) has arrived, and…
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Stop blaming minority groups for mass shootings
There is a bitter irony as I begin to write this post. What many of you will not know is how I…
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Neurodivergence and Normality: The meaning of words
“I understand now that boundaries between noise and sound are conventions. All boundaries are conventions, waiting to be transcended. One may transcend…
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Neuroqueering religion and the liberation of human spirituality
When considering normative violence and the oppression of marginalised people, there are no greater perpetrators than the Christian Church. Allow me to…
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The privilege of being neuroqueer
I have, for some time now, discussed neuroqueer theory (as conceptualised by Nick Walker and her colleagues), adding my own takes to…
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Cure culture and normative attitudes towards Autistic people
Nothing sickens me more than people who believe that being Autistic requires intervention. The idea that we have to “improve” an Autistic…