What can physicians learn from the neurodiversity movement?

Virtual Mentor

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 503-510

  Nicolaidis, Christina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84882262562     PISSN: 19377010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2012.14.6.oped1-1206     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Nicolaidis C, Raymaker D, McDonald K, et al. Collaboration strategies in nontraditional community-based participatory research partnerships: lessons from an academic-community partnership with autistic self-advocates. Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2011;5(2):143-150.
2. Robertson SM. Neurodiversity, quality of life, and autistic adults: shifting research and professional focuses onto real-life challenges. Disabil Stud Q. 2010;30(1). http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/1069. Accessed May 18, 2012.
3. Baggs A. Cultural commentary: up in the clouds and down in the valley: my richness and yours. Disabil Stud Q. 2010;30(1). http://dsqsds.org/article/view/1052/1238. Accessed May 18, 2012.
4. Jaarsma P, Welin S. Autism as a natural human variation: reflections on the claims of the neurodiversity movement. Health Care Anal. 2012;20(1):20-30.
5. Neurodiversity. Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurodiversity. Accessed May 14, 2012.
6. Harmon A. Nominee to disability council is lightning rod for dispute on views of autism. New York Times. March 27, 2010; A16.
7. Doherty HL. Neurodiversity’s extremist autism cure opponents—by what right do they object? Facing Autism in New Brunswick. November 11, 2009. http://autisminnb.blogspot.com/2009/11/neurodiversitys-extremist-autismcure.html. Accessed May 14, 2012.
8. Savarese ET, Savarese RJ. The superior half of speaking: an introduction. Disabil Stud Q. 2010;30(1). http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/1062/1230. Accessed May 18, 2012.
9. Kras JF. The “ransom notes” affair: when the neurodiversity movement came of age. Disabil Stud Q. 2010;30(1). http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/1065. Accessed May 18, 2012.
10. Ne’eman A. An open letter on the NYU ransom notes campaign. http://www.petitiononline.com/ransom/petition.html. Accessed May 14, 2012.
11. Ne’eman A. Help us fight back against Autism Speaks’ attempts to speak for us! 2009. http://autisticadvocacy.org/2009/09/help-us-fight-back-againstautism-speaks-attempts-to-speak-for-us/. Accessed May 14, 2012.
12. Sinclair J. Why I dislike “person first” language. 1999. http://web.archive.org/web/20090210190652/http://web.syr.edu/~jisincla/person_first.htm. Accessed January 4, 2011.
13. Sinclair J. Don’t mourn for us. 1993. http://www.autreat.com/dont_mourn.html. Accessed May 14, 2012.
14. Ne’eman A. The future (and the past) of autism advocacy, or why the ASA’s magazine, The Advocate, wouldn’t publish this piece. Disabil Stud Q. 2010;30(1). http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/1059/1244. Accessed May 18, 2012.
15. Pentzell N. Cultural commentary: dissed ability: grappling with stereotypes and the internalized oppression of Babyliss. Disabil Stud Q. 2010;30(1). http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/1054/1241. Accessed May 18, 2012.
16. Drescher J. A history of homosexuality and organized psychoanalysis. J Am Acad Psychoanal Dyn Psychiatry. 2008;36(3):443-460.
17. ISNT. Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical. http://isnt.autistics.org/. Accessed May 14, 2012.
18. McPheeters ML, Warren Z, Sathe N, et al. A systematic review of medical treatments for children with autism spectrum disorders. Pediatrics. 2011;127(5):e1312-e1321.
19. Warren Z, McPheeters ML, Sathe N, Foss-Feig JH, Glasser A, Veenstra-VanderWeele J. A systematic review of early intensive intervention for autism spectrum disorders. Pediatrics. 2011;127(5):e1303-e1311.
20. Murray S. Autism functions/the function of autism. Disabil Stud Q. 2010;30(1). http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/1048. Accessed May 18, 2012.
21. Nicolaidis C, Raymaker D, McDonald K, et al. Healthcare disparities experienced by adults on the autistic spectrum. Paper presented at: Annual Meeting of the Society for General Internal Medicine; May 2010; Phoenix, Arizona.