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A Different Side of the Story: On Neurodiversity and Trees

open access: yesIperstoria, 2020
This essay analyzes Richard Powers’s The Overstory (2018), a novel that ostensibly demands an eco-critical reading, under the lens of neurodiversity.
Pilar Martínez Benedí
doaj   +1 more source

Mental Health Stigma in Psychiatric Genetics: Insights and Recommendations From the ISPG Member Survey on Stigma

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about how stigma is perceived within psychiatric genetics, a field increasingly central to public discussions about heredity, neurodiversity, and psychiatric risk. Understanding how stigma is perceived and experienced by psychiatric geneticists is important for guiding responsible communication and future stigma‐reduction ...
Anaïs B. Thijssen   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Disagreeing over Neurodiversity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The term neurodiversity was coined by the Australian Sociologist Judy Singer more than twenty years ago. Singer’s own views regarding neurodiversity have developed since this time, yet were initially based on the principle of biodiversity and the stating
Milton, Damian
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Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions: Experiences With Disclosure and Witness Credibility

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genetic and environmental contributions to gaze lateralization across social and non-social stimuli in human infants

open access: yesScientific Reports
A tendency to look at the left side of faces from the observer’s point of view has been found in older children and adults, but it is not known when this face-specific left gaze bias develops and what factors may influence individual differences in gaze ...
Charlotte Viktorsson   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Australian Practitioners' Beliefs, Confidence, and Training Needs for Delivering Behaviour Support to Children and Young People in Out‐of‐Home Care

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children in out‐of‐home care (OOHC) frequently present with complex behavioural needs. In New South Wales (NSW), behaviour support plans (BSPs) are mandated when restrictive practices, including psychotropic medication, are used. Little research has examined whether the statutory workforce is adequately prepared to meet behaviour support ...
Manisha Abayakoon Stanborough   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neurodiversität– (k)ein Thema für die Fremdsprachendidaktik?

open access: yesZeitschrift für Interkulturellen Fremdsprachenunterricht, 2022
In diesem Beitrag diskutieren wir das Potenzial von Neurodiversität als theoretische Perspektive auf den inklusiven Fremdsprachenunterricht.Neurodiversität, ein Begriff, der ursprünglich in der autistischen Gemeinschaft geprägt wurde, beschreibt eine ...
Carolyn Blume, Jules Bündgens-Kosten
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Australian Activists as Storytellers in Digital Spaces: Acquiring Skills, Producing Content and Getting the Message Out

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to ...
Garth Stahl   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The role of the concept of neurodiversity in teaching English for professional communication

open access: yesВісник Харківського національного університету імені В. Н. Каразіна. Серія Іноземна філологія. Методика викладання іноземних мов
The article is aimed at the study of the role of the concept of neurodiversity in teaching English for professional communication, with an emphasis on the impact of the war in Ukraine on the psycho-emotional state of students.
Iryna Simkova
doaj   +1 more source

Distinct Microtubule Organizing Center Mechanisms Combine to Generate Neuron Polarity and Arbor Complexity

open access: yesFrontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2020
Dendrite and axon arbor wiring patterns determine the connectivity and computational characteristics of a neuron. The identities of these dendrite and axon arbors are created by differential polarization of their microtubule arrays, and their complexity ...
Oliver R. Wilkes   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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