We See Things They'll Never See : Love, Hope, and Neurodiversity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lewis, Chantelle Jessica.

Contributor:

Arday, Jason.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurodivergent people--Social conditions.

Neurodivergent people.

Black people--Social conditions.

Black people.

Neurodiversity.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"How neurotypical hegemony reproduces a culture of exclusion-and how to overcome this with love, hope, and solidarity. Ableism is embedded in our daily lives. Social life, education, work, and, especially, mental health have been organized around rigid ideas of the "ideal" and the "normal" citizen-ideas that always exclude neurodiversity. In this pathbreaking book, Chantelle Jessica Lewis and Jason Arday argue that the neurodiversity movement offers ways to mobilize against not only ableism but also other "isms" including racism and capitalism. By focusing on the prevalence of neurotypical dominance and power-or "neurotypical hegemony"-Lewis and Arday show the ways that neurotypical dominance has often been used to justify and normalize some of our more harmful cultures around productivity and value.Throughout the book, Lewis and Arday use theories of Blackness, feminism, class, and neurodivergence to offer a vision of solidarities across differences. They show that race, class, ethnicity, gender, and nation are just some of the social structures for which the politics of neurodiversity can produce an emancipatory analysis. This is a book about applying social theory in practice, taking seriously how academic research and theory can be used outside of academic spaces. With We See Things They'll Never See, Lewis and Arday issue a call to action-and a call for understanding, acceptance, and humility"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book explores how the varying positions and experiences of the global Black neurodivergent populous can offer creative, imaginative and innovative routes into social justice for all"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Foreword

Preface: Come as You Are

Acknowledgements

Playlist

1. Sowing the Seeds of Love

2. What's Love Got to Do with It? A Framework of Love to Dismantle Neurotypical Hegemony

3. I'll See You on the Dark Side of the Moon: Mental Health and Illness and the Consequences of Neurotypical Hegemony

4. The Great Beyond: Why the (Global) Institution of Education (Still) Matters

5. A Design for Life: Race, Class, and Neurodiversity

6. Everything Is Everything: Meritocracy, Elitism, and How We Create Value

7. For Tomorrow: A Manifesto for Dismantling Neurotypical Hegemony

Afterword

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-691-26394-9

OCLC:

1524421162