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The Neurodiversity Reader appears twice. The list should be sorted as some books like Loud Hands are outdated and only of interest for historical reasons.
December 2, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The Neurodiversity Reader appears twice. The list should be sorted as some books like Loud Hands are outdated and only of interest for historical reasons.
which is also correctly extended to disability-selective abortion. The stubborn defense of selective abortion is based on groupthink and ultimately contributes to discrediting the legitimate demand for a woman's right to have an abortion when she is in a very difficult mental situation. 3/3
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
which is also correctly extended to disability-selective abortion. The stubborn defense of selective abortion is based on groupthink and ultimately contributes to discrediting the legitimate demand for a woman's right to have an abortion when she is in a very difficult mental situation. 3/3
conservatives in an exaggerated way to restrict abortions leads progressives to believe that this argument should have no weight at all, which is illogical.
By the way, a few years ago, you rightly criticised sex-selective abortions (medium.com/@robchapman_...), 2/3
By the way, a few years ago, you rightly criticised sex-selective abortions (medium.com/@robchapman_...), 2/3
Resisting the New Down’s Syndrome Eugenics*
‘Freedom’, wrote the Marxist philosopher Rosa Luxemburg, ‘is always the freedom of the one who thinks differently.’ In her view, being able…
medium.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
conservatives in an exaggerated way to restrict abortions leads progressives to believe that this argument should have no weight at all, which is illogical.
By the way, a few years ago, you rightly criticised sex-selective abortions (medium.com/@robchapman_...), 2/3
By the way, a few years ago, you rightly criticised sex-selective abortions (medium.com/@robchapman_...), 2/3
While I do not agree with the extent to which the author wishes to restrict abortions or with how much she values the life of the fetus, she has a point in arguing that progressives are too fast to reject the life argument. This constitutes a genetic fallacy: The life argument being used by 1/3
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
While I do not agree with the extent to which the author wishes to restrict abortions or with how much she values the life of the fetus, she has a point in arguing that progressives are too fast to reject the life argument. This constitutes a genetic fallacy: The life argument being used by 1/3
For what precise reason were you removed? Being removed just for being autistic should be a scandal, and I don't see why that would happen as there are many autistic people in autism research.
September 30, 2025 at 6:14 AM
For what precise reason were you removed? Being removed just for being autistic should be a scandal, and I don't see why that would happen as there are many autistic people in autism research.
Björn Höcke of the German AfD (who is said by some to be the most influential politician in the party, even though he is not its leader) is an anti-capitalist: www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/der-...
Der völkische Antikapitalist Björn Höcke: Ein exklusiver Buchauszug
Björn Höckes Rhetorik erinnert strukturell an den antisemitischen Antikapitalismus der antiliberalen »Konservativen Revolution« und der Nationalsozialisten. Der Journalist Frederik Schindler analysier...
www.juedische-allgemeine.de
September 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Björn Höcke of the German AfD (who is said by some to be the most influential politician in the party, even though he is not its leader) is an anti-capitalist: www.juedische-allgemeine.de/politik/der-...
Shouldn't it be "diagnosed as autistic and as having OCD"? "Diagnosed autistic" is grammatically wrong, as far as I know.
September 4, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Shouldn't it be "diagnosed as autistic and as having OCD"? "Diagnosed autistic" is grammatically wrong, as far as I know.
I appreciate that you speak out against eugenics instead of being taken in by the lie that being pro-choice means you cannot be against eugenics. Most societies also wouldn't accept prenatal/preimplantational selection against women, black, or homosexual people.
July 24, 2025 at 9:18 AM
I appreciate that you speak out against eugenics instead of being taken in by the lie that being pro-choice means you cannot be against eugenics. Most societies also wouldn't accept prenatal/preimplantational selection against women, black, or homosexual people.
@autisticbooks.bsky.social, is this book real or fake: www.amazon.com/Dont-Mourn-U...
Don't Mourn for Us: The Autistic Life of Jim Sinclair and an Extraordinary Story of Neurodiversity
Amazon.com: Don't Mourn for Us: The Autistic Life of Jim Sinclair and an Extraordinary Story of Neurodiversity: 9798338391297: Dinh, Ann: Books
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July 12, 2025 at 6:21 AM
@autisticbooks.bsky.social, is this book real or fake: www.amazon.com/Dont-Mourn-U...
Which describes autism with words like "deficits", "symptoms", "cure" etc.: www.autismeurope.org/about-autism/
About autism – Autism Europe
www.autismeurope.org
May 16, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Which describes autism with words like "deficits", "symptoms", "cure" etc.: www.autismeurope.org/about-autism/
Yes, but research into how environments can be improved is important, not how autistic people can be pressed into current society with biomedical methods.
May 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Yes, but research into how environments can be improved is important, not how autistic people can be pressed into current society with biomedical methods.
#AutINSAR A3: eugenics, prenatal testing/embryo selection, "curing" autism in utero or in children because parents hate them; calling eugenics a matter of women's rights like TERFs attack trans people.
May 5, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#AutINSAR A3: eugenics, prenatal testing/embryo selection, "curing" autism in utero or in children because parents hate them; calling eugenics a matter of women's rights like TERFs attack trans people.
DW Learn German. Publicly available vocabulary flashcard sets for a spaced repetition app are also highly effective. Apps like Duolingo are often only for beginners and a waste of time.
April 30, 2025 at 6:25 AM
DW Learn German. Publicly available vocabulary flashcard sets for a spaced repetition app are also highly effective. Apps like Duolingo are often only for beginners and a waste of time.
Please also publish a German edition, there are almost no neurodiversity books in German.
April 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Please also publish a German edition, there are almost no neurodiversity books in German.
Sue Fletcher-Watson says people call desired treatments for intellectual disability treatments for autism because there is more research funding and parent campaigning for autism. What do you think about that?
www.bbc.com/future/artic....
www.bbc.com/future/artic....
The genetic mystery of why some people develop autism
Genetic factors are thought to play a major role in the development of autism – but for decades what they are has proven elusive. Now scientists are starting to uncover clues.
www.bbc.com
April 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Sue Fletcher-Watson says people call desired treatments for intellectual disability treatments for autism because there is more research funding and parent campaigning for autism. What do you think about that?
www.bbc.com/future/artic....
www.bbc.com/future/artic....
The English language also didn't have neurodiversity-affirming language before people started using it, so I don't really see this as a reason not to use it. There are books in German that use "Neurodivergenz". Disease/illness means "Krankheit"/"Erkrankung" in German and he said "Krankheit".
April 12, 2025 at 6:41 AM
The English language also didn't have neurodiversity-affirming language before people started using it, so I don't really see this as a reason not to use it. There are books in German that use "Neurodivergenz". Disease/illness means "Krankheit"/"Erkrankung" in German and he said "Krankheit".
He embraces neurodiversity but still called autism a "disease". It seems like he doesn't really understand the neurodiversity paradigm.
April 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
He embraces neurodiversity but still called autism a "disease". It seems like he doesn't really understand the neurodiversity paradigm.
Thank you for the detailed response.
March 24, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Thank you for the detailed response.
It would be helpful to know what these alternatives are and to promote them more explicitly because it is often said that ABA is the gold standard and only criticizing it with vague mentions of better solutions will not lead to meaningful change in my view.
March 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
It would be helpful to know what these alternatives are and to promote them more explicitly because it is often said that ABA is the gold standard and only criticizing it with vague mentions of better solutions will not lead to meaningful change in my view.
It seems more that some experienced users used to viewing autism through the medical model lens (which was the standard until recently) are resisting changes as some of those who revert changes are extended confirmed users.
March 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
It seems more that some experienced users used to viewing autism through the medical model lens (which was the standard until recently) are resisting changes as some of those who revert changes are extended confirmed users.
weil das authentische Selbst versteckt wird, um sich an eine neurotypische Norm anzupassen. 2/2
February 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
weil das authentische Selbst versteckt wird, um sich an eine neurotypische Norm anzupassen. 2/2
Der Leidensdruck entsteht aber nicht inhärent durch den Autismus, sondern in Wechselwirkung mit der Umgebung (soziales Behinderungsmodell). Diese "Kompensationsstrategien" heißen Masking und führen zu psychischen Problemen, 1/2
February 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Der Leidensdruck entsteht aber nicht inhärent durch den Autismus, sondern in Wechselwirkung mit der Umgebung (soziales Behinderungsmodell). Diese "Kompensationsstrategien" heißen Masking und führen zu psychischen Problemen, 1/2
dass eine Diagnose im DSM auch dann gestellt wird, wenn die Kriterien in der Vergangenheit erfüllt waren, aber weiterhin Unterstützungsbedarfe bestehen: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Lobbying Autism’s Diagnostic Revision in the DSM-5
From 2009 to 2012, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) advocated to influence the DSM-5’s revision of the diagnostic criteria for autism. ASAN succeeded in substantially influencing the fi...
link.springer.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
dass eine Diagnose im DSM auch dann gestellt wird, wenn die Kriterien in der Vergangenheit erfüllt waren, aber weiterhin Unterstützungsbedarfe bestehen: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Es gibt unterschiedliche Positionen zum Thema "losing one's diagnosis". Das ASAN vertritt die Position, dass es sich dabei nur um Masking handelt und hat, wenn ich die folgende Quelle richtig in Erinnerung habe, erreicht, 1/2
Lobbying Autism’s Diagnostic Revision in the DSM-5
From 2009 to 2012, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) advocated to influence the DSM-5’s revision of the diagnostic criteria for autism. ASAN succeeded in substantially influencing the fi...
link.springer.com
February 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Es gibt unterschiedliche Positionen zum Thema "losing one's diagnosis". Das ASAN vertritt die Position, dass es sich dabei nur um Masking handelt und hat, wenn ich die folgende Quelle richtig in Erinnerung habe, erreicht, 1/2