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Unraveling Neurodiversity: Insights from Neuroscientific Perspectives

Encyclopedia, 2023
Neurodiversity is a concept and a social movement that addresses and normalizes human neurocognitive heterogeneity to promote acceptance and inclusion of neuro-minorities (e.g., learning disabilities, attention disorders, psychiatric disorders, and more)
Hagar Goldberg
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Championing neurodiversity and human potential: an interview with Lawrence Fung [PDF]

Communications Biology
Dr. Lawrence Fung is the director of the Stanford Center for Neurodiversity and Human Potential and an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University.
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Stable eye versus mouth preference in a live speech-processing task

Scientific Reports, 2023
Looking at the mouth region is thought to be a useful strategy for speech-perception tasks. The tendency to look at the eyes versus the mouth of another person during speech processing has thus far mainly been studied using screen-based paradigms.
Charlotte Viktorsson, Niilo V. Valtakari, Terje Falck-Ytter, Ignace T. C. Hooge, Maja Rudling, Roy S. Hessels   +5 more
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Weighing In: Academic Writers on Neurodiversity

International Journal of Disability and Social Justice, 2023
Neurodiversity as a concept, identity, and movement has radically challenged pre-existing ideas of human difference and value. First proposed by Judy Singer (1998) and largely developed through the work of community activists, neurodiversity posits an ...
Bridget Livingstone, Margaret F. Gibson, Patty Douglas, Sarah Leo, Julia Gruson-Wood   +4 more
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Addressing the autism mental health crisis: the potential of phenomenology in neurodiversity-affirming clinical practices

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
The neurodiversity movement has introduced a new era for autism research. Yet, the neurodiversity paradigm and the autism clinic remain largely unconnected.
Themistoklis Pantazakos, Themistoklis Pantazakos, Gert-Jan Vanaken, Gert-Jan Vanaken, Gert-Jan Vanaken   +4 more
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A systematic review of interventions to support adults with ADHD at work—Implications from the paucity of context-specific research for theory and practice

Frontiers in Psychology, 2022
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is estimated to affect 3.5% of the global workforce. Despite the high prevalence rate, little is known about how best to support adults with ADHD (ADHDers) at work.
Kirsty Lauder, Almuth McDowall, Harriet R. Tenenbaum   +2 more
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Pre‐pragmatic language use in toddlerhood: Developmental antecedents, aetiological factors, and associations to autism

JCPP Advances, 2023
Background Pragmatic language is key for adaptive communication, but often compromised in neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
Maja Rudling, Ana Maria Portugal, Sven Bölte, Terje Falck‐Ytter   +3 more
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Reframing neurodiversity in engineering education

Frontiers in Education, 2022
A growing body of literature suggests that neurodiverse learners may possess assets that are highly desirable within engineering disciplines. Even so, despite the potential of neurodiverse individuals to contribute to innovation in science and ...
Maria Chrysochoou, Arash E. Zaghi, Connie Mosher Syharat   +2 more
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Following the threads of social magma: Neurodiversity as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity (UNESCO)

Hybrid, 2022
“Neurodiversity” is a magmatic term, it defines at the same time, a concept and a set of communities. The neurodiversity communities are built primarily online and are agitated by various controversies.
Lucas Fritz
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Neurodiversity-Affirming Practices are a Moral Imperative for Occupational Therapy

Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2022
The term neurodiversity encompasses neurological differences such as clinical labels of autism, learning disabilities, synesthesia, hyperactivity disorders, and more.
Aaron R. Dallman, Kathryn L. Williams, Lauren Villa   +2 more
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