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Neuroqueer Heresies
Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities | Nick Walker
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The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on human neurodiversity. Neuroqueer Heresies collects a decade's worth of Dr. Walker's most influential writings, along with new commentary by the author and new material on her radical conceptualization of Neuroqueer Theory. This book is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the foundations, terminology, implications, and leading edges of the emerging neurodiversity paradigm.
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Kenyazero
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This is an excellent exploration of neurodiveristy, terminology definition (which was so helpful!), and applying queer theory. It took a long time to get around to what the author meant by neuroqueer theory, but she explains it extremely well, and everything leading up to it aptly broadened my understanding before we got there. There's a lot from this book that I take away to use in my life both in understand and making space for neurodiveristy.

Kenyazero Also, huge kudos for calling Autism Speaks what it is: a hate organization. (edited) 3d
Kenyazero Used for #OwlHouseReadathon Bump: a character works in education; and #LGBTQIABookBingo Boring lettering #LGBTQIA2024 3d
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willaful
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This was written to be a textbook and sometimes it really feels like it. But it also has some valuable viewpoints to share and spells out a lot of terminology around neurodiversity that people have been using very loosely. (Me included.) Definitely worth reading if you're interested in the topic. A soft pick for me because I don't really appreciate academic writing.

Faranae I found this book actually kind of offensive, with phrases like “tame autistic“, the dismissal of asexuality, and the policing of other people's language use in regard to their own identity. Some of that loose terminology IS loose - Walker just has decided its her way or the highway. There were interesting thoughts in there, but it was also hyperfocused on a specific kind of autism, which is problematic as an academic framework. 3mo
willaful Good point. I missed the asexuality dismissal. 3mo
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thestarlesscasea
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More queering and fewer cops ✨️

willaful I just added this last quote to GoodReads. 😁 3mo
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thestarlesscasea
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A beautiful day to read about neurodiversity ✨️