'Us' and 'them': The limits and possibilities of a 'politics of neurodiversity' in neoliberal times

Disability and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1117-1129

  Runswick Cole, Katherine ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

identity; neoliberalism; neurodiversity; politics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905112664     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2014.910107     Document Type: Article

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