Steven Kapp
@drstevenkapp.bsky.social
Autistic ADHDer autism, neurodiversity researcher. Disability rights advocate. Developmental psychologist; Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Portsmouth.
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Books like Neurotribes and Autism: A Medical and Social History include some attention to the movement but are more broadly about autism history. For example, @autisticadvocacy.org’s impact on the DSM-5 was just a sentence in Neurotribes but a chapter in my edited collection.
November 4, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Books like Neurotribes and Autism: A Medical and Social History include some attention to the movement but are more broadly about autism history. For example, @autisticadvocacy.org’s impact on the DSM-5 was just a sentence in Neurotribes but a chapter in my edited collection.
I think it’s the first publication of its kind, a dedicated history of the neurodiversity movement, which features accounts by frontline activists. Older books that gave some attention to the moment were broader (and not necessarily in an academic format).
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I think it’s the first publication of its kind, a dedicated history of the neurodiversity movement, which features accounts by frontline activists. Older books that gave some attention to the moment were broader (and not necessarily in an academic format).
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October 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Thanks @isabellefk.bsky.social. For stimming's regulation of attention, this study applied it further to autistic and non-autistic people: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
“It feels like holding back something you need to say”: Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults accounts of sensory experiences and stimming
Restricted repetitive behaviours and sensory sensitivities are core features of autism and have been explored in childhood. However, few studies have …
www.sciencedirect.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Thanks @isabellefk.bsky.social. For stimming's regulation of attention, this study applied it further to autistic and non-autistic people: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The U.S. powers-that-be still want us to die or vanish into hyper-compliance that makes us more vulnerable to victimization: blogs.exeter.ac.uk/exploringdia...
blogs.exeter.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The U.S. powers-that-be still want us to die or vanish into hyper-compliance that makes us more vulnerable to victimization: blogs.exeter.ac.uk/exploringdia...
...and being so traditional relationship-normed-obsessed to think "the human race cannot survive without being married" link.springer.com/article/10.1... as having "beaten autism"... 3/
Social Function and Communication in Optimal Outcome Children and Adolescents with an Autism History on Structured Test Measures - Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Youth who lose their ASD diagnosis may have subtle social and communication difficulties. We examined social and communication functioning in 44 high-functioning autism (HFA), 34 optimal outcome (OO) and 34 typically developing (TD) youth. Results indicated that OO participants had no autism communication symptoms, no pragmatic language deficits, and were judged as likable as TD peers. Some group differences were found: OO youth had less insight into social relationships and poorer friendship descriptions than TD youth. OO participants had attention, self-control, and immaturity difficulties that may impact social abilities. However, OO participants were most engaged, friendliest, warmest, and most approachable. Overall, OO participants had no social and communicative impairments, although some exhibited mild social difficulties that often accompany attentional problems.
link.springer.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
...and being so traditional relationship-normed-obsessed to think "the human race cannot survive without being married" link.springer.com/article/10.1... as having "beaten autism"... 3/
...normalization such as the U.S.'s 2010s celebration of he "friendliest" "and most approachable" children shoving their hands in their pockets rather than hand-flapping, being constantly monitored and lectured by parents about their particular social norms... 2/
www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/m...
www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/m...
The Kids Who Beat Autism (Published 2014)
www.nytimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:43 PM
...normalization such as the U.S.'s 2010s celebration of he "friendliest" "and most approachable" children shoving their hands in their pockets rather than hand-flapping, being constantly monitored and lectured by parents about their particular social norms... 2/
www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/m...
www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/m...
Papers related to my talk include a critique of "profound autism" and functioning labels:
www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13...
The strengths of speech divergence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
and Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int... 2/
www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13...
The strengths of speech divergence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
and Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int... 2/
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September 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Papers related to my talk include a critique of "profound autism" and functioning labels:
www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13...
The strengths of speech divergence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
and Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int... 2/
www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/13...
The strengths of speech divergence: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
and Sensory–movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence:
www.frontiersin.org/journals/int... 2/
The refs in order:
Kapp, 2022: researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Kapp & Ne'eman, 2020: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Kapp, 2020: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Kapp et al., 2013: researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Kapp, 2013 (pp 104-113):
autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/u...
Kapp, 2022: researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Kapp & Ne'eman, 2020: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Kapp, 2020: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Kapp et al., 2013: researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Kapp, 2013 (pp 104-113):
autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/u...
Models of helping and coping with autism
researchportal.port.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The refs in order:
Kapp, 2022: researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Kapp & Ne'eman, 2020: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Kapp, 2020: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Kapp et al., 2013: researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Kapp, 2013 (pp 104-113):
autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/u...
Kapp, 2022: researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Kapp & Ne'eman, 2020: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Kapp, 2020: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Kapp et al., 2013: researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/publicati...
Kapp, 2013 (pp 104-113):
autisticadvocacy.org/wp-content/u...
Neurodiversity movement is in creative tension w/ medical model & psychiatry (Kapp & Ne'eman, 2020), not opposite them (Kapp, 2020; Kapp et al., 2013; Kapp, 2013).
The Coalition of Autism Scientists (of which I am part) further illustrates common ground amid these tensions, against antivax+ nonsense
The Coalition of Autism Scientists (of which I am part) further illustrates common ground amid these tensions, against antivax+ nonsense
September 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Neurodiversity movement is in creative tension w/ medical model & psychiatry (Kapp & Ne'eman, 2020), not opposite them (Kapp, 2020; Kapp et al., 2013; Kapp, 2013).
The Coalition of Autism Scientists (of which I am part) further illustrates common ground amid these tensions, against antivax+ nonsense
The Coalition of Autism Scientists (of which I am part) further illustrates common ground amid these tensions, against antivax+ nonsense