The neurodiversity concept was developed collectively: An overdue correction on the origins of neurodiversity theory

• Published in: Autism : the international journal of research and practice Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 1591 - 1594
• Main Authors: Botha, Monique, Chapman, Robert, Giwa Onaiwu, Morénike, Kapp, Steven K, Stannard Ashley, Abs, Walker, Nick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.06.2024; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Attribution; Autism; Concepts; Electronic publishing; History, 20th Century; Humans; Independent living; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Neurodiversity; Neurosciences; Psychological Theory; autism rights; neurodiversity history; autistic activism; neurodiversity; neurodiversity movement; critical neurodiversity studies
• ISSN: 1362-3613; 1461-7005; 1461-7005
• DOI: 10.1177/13623613241237871

We, an international group of autistic scholars of autism and neurodiversity, discuss recent findings on the origins of the concept and theorising of neurodiversity. For some time, the coinage and theorising of the concept of ‘neurodiversity’ has been attributed to Judy Singer. Singer wrote an Honou...