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The neurodiversity movement is fundamentally linked to autism as it shapes contemporary academic, clinical, and ideological understandings of the condition [1], [2]. The movement advocates for viewing autism as a natural neurological variation [3] and a disability [4], while also driving historical and social efforts to improve the treatment and rights of autistic individuals [5].
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Autistic Self-Advocacy and the Neurodiversity Movement - Frontiers frontiersin.org 5 facts
claimThe growth of autistic self-advocacy and the neurodiversity movement has created new ethical, theoretical, and ideological debates within autism theory, research, and practice.
claimThe neurodiversity movement posits that variations in human neurological development and functioning are natural and valuable, rather than necessarily pathological, as supported by Jaarsma and Welin (2012) and Kapp (2020).
claimMany proponents of the neurodiversity movement view autism as a disability.
referenceNeumeier and Brown (2020) discussed the history of deinstitutionalization and the effort to stop the use of shocks as a treatment for autistic people in the book 'Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories From the Frontline'.
claimThe neurodiversity movement is increasingly influencing academic, clinical, and lay understandings of autism and other forms of neurological difference.