Neuroqueer Heresies

What's in This Book, and How It Came to Be 8

PART I: THE NEURODIVERSITY PARADIGM

The Story Behind "Throw Away the Master's Tools" 12

Throw Away the Master's Tools: Liberating Ourselves from the Pathology Paradigm 16

Comments on "Throw Away the Master's Tools" 29

Neurodiversity: Some Basic Terms & Definitions 33

Comments on "Neurodiversity: Some Basic Terms & Definitions" 47

Defining Neurodiversity 53

Defining Neurotypicality & Neurodivergence 56

Neurodivergence & Disability 60

Reflections on Neurocosmopolitanism 72

PART II: AUTISTIC EMPOWERMENT

The Story Behind "What Is Autism?" 81

What Is Autism? 85

Autism and Social Trauma 88

Person-First Language Is the Language of Autistiphobic Bigots 91

On the Practice of Stimming 104

The Story Behind "This Is Autism" 109

This Is Autism 112

Comments on "This Is Autism" 118

For Parents of Autistic Children 121

Autism and the Pathology Paradigm 125

Making the Shift to the Neurodiversity Paradigm 129

The Story Behind "Neurotypical Psychotherapists & Autistic Clients" 132

Neurotypical Psychotherapists & Autistic Clients 135

Guiding Principles for a Course on Autism 144

PART III: POSTNORMAL POSSIBILITIES

Neuroqueer: An Introduction 158

Comments on "Neuroqueer: An Introduction" 164

A Horizon of Possibility: Some Notes on Neuroqueer Theory 168

Acknowledgements 192