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

Runswick-Cole, K ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9658-9718 (2014) 'Us' and 'them': the limits and possibilities of a 'politics of neurodiversity' in neoliberal times. Disability and Society, 29 (7). pp. 1117-1129. ISSN 0968-7599

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Abstract

The neurodiversity movement claims that there are neurological differences in the human population, and that autism is a natural variation among humans - not a disease or a disorder, just 'a difference'. A 'politics of neurodiversity' is based on the claim that the 'neurodiverse' population constitutes a political grouping comparable with those of class, gender, sexuality or race. This paper considers the limits and possibilities of neurodiverse political activism, and concludes by calling for a politics of identity that does not depend on a politics of 'us' and 'them'. © 2014 Taylor & Francis.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	16 Dec 2014 16:48
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Additional Information:	This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Disability and Society on 13th May 2014, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/09687599.2014.910107.
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Subject terms:	Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Rehabilitation, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, Social Sciences - Other Topics, neurodiversity, neoliberalism, identity, politics, MODEL, neurodiversity, neoliberalism, identity, politics, 1303 Specialist Studies in Education, 1607 Social Work, 1608 Sociology, Rehabilitation
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/337257
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2014.910107
ISSN	0968-7599
e-ISSN	1360-0508

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