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Autism as a Natural Human Variation: Reflections on the Claims of the Neurodiversity Movement

Overview of attention for article published in Health Care Analysis, February 2011
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Title
Autism as a Natural Human Variation: Reflections on the Claims of the Neurodiversity Movement
Published in
Health Care Analysis, February 2011
DOI 10.1007/s10728-011-0169-9
Pubmed ID
URN
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-72172
Authors

Pier Jaarsma, Stellan Welin

Abstract

Neurodiversity has remained a controversial concept over the last decade. In its broadest sense the concept of neurodiversity regards atypical neurological development as a normal human difference. The neurodiversity claim contains at least two different aspects. The first aspect is that autism, among other neurological conditions, is first and foremost a natural variation. The other aspect is about conferring rights and in particular value to the neurodiversity condition, demanding recognition and acceptance. Autism can be seen as a natural variation on par with for example homosexuality. The broad version of the neurodiversity claim, covering low-functioning as well as high-functioning autism, is problematic. Only a narrow conception of neurodiversity, referring exclusively to high-functioning autists, is reasonable. We will discuss the effects of DSM categorization and the medical model for high functioning autists. After a discussion of autism as a culture we will analyze various possible strategies for the neurodiversity movement to claim extra resources for autists as members of an underprivileged culture without being labelled disabled or as having a disorder. We will discuss their vulnerable status as a group and what obligation that confers on the majority of neurotypicals.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 4 <1%
United States 3 <1%
Spain 2 <1%
Israel 1 <1%
Canada 1 <1%
Denmark 1 <1%
Japan 1 <1%
Croatia 1 <1%
Unknown 492 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 105 21%
Student > Master 85 17%
Student > Bachelor 65 13%
Researcher 40 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 34 7%
Other 58 11%
Unknown 119 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 137 27%
Social Sciences 64 13%
Medicine and Dentistry 31 6%
Arts and Humanities 29 6%
Neuroscience 17 3%
Other 97 19%
Unknown 131 26%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 45. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 01 January 2024.
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