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ArticleHuman development2022

The Neurodiversity Approach(es): What Are They and What Do They Mean for Researchers?

Patrick Dwyer

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Article in Human development, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 123 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

123 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Patrick DwyerCenter for Mind and Brain, University of California at Davis, Davis, California, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents the concepts of "neurodiversity" and the "neurodiversity approaches" towards disability and discusses how confusion regarding the meaning of these concepts exacerbates debate and conflict surrounding the neurodiversity approaches. For example, some claim the neurodiversity approaches focus solely on society and deny contributions of individual characteristics to disability (a controversial stance), whereas this paper joins other literature in acknowledging the contributions of both individual and society to disability. This paper also addresses other controversies related to neurodiversity, such as uncertainty regarding the scope of the approaches - to whom do they apply? - and their implications for diagnostic categories. Finally, it provides recommendations for developmental researchers who wish to carry out neurodiversity-aligned research: scholars are urged to study both individual neurodivergent people and the contexts around them; to consider both strengths and weaknesses; to recognize their own biases; and to listen to and learn from neurodivergent people.

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AutismDisabilityMedical modelNeurodevelopmental disabilitiesSocial model

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PMID36158596
PMCPMC9261839

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