Neurodiversity Reader: Exploring Concepts, Lived Experience and Implications for Practice

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Milton, Damian, Editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Other Title:

Neurodiversity Reader

Place of Publication:

Pavilion Publishing & Media Ltd

Summary:

This thought-provoking collection is written for all stakeholders in relation to autism and neurodivergent conditions. Despite having wide impact on a variety of disciplines, neurodiversity and related concepts are often poorly understood, which can lead to uninformed debate and potential tensions between stakeholders regarding service provision for those with neuro-developmental disabilities. The Neurodiveristy Reader brings together work from pioneering figures within and beyond the neurodiversity movement to critically explore its history, the concepts of neurodiversity that have shaped it, lived experiences, and how a better informed understanding might be translated into practice and service provision. Through a variety of accounts, the relevance and criticisms of these concepts in understanding ourselves and one another are examined, as well as important implications for practice. A primary text for support professionals and students of neurodivergent experiences and disability, as well as neurodivergent people themselves.

ISBN:

9781914010941

1914010949