Neurodiverse Age

Autism

Why Autistic People Are Worried by Spectrum 10K

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on August 25, 2021

A Personal Perspective: A controversial new research programme seeks to understand the genetic basis of neurominorities.

A Personal Perspective: A controversial new research programme seeks to understand the genetic basis of neurominorities.

Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity and the Pathology Paradigm

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on August 23, 2021

Is our current understanding of "mental disorder" based on theories developed by 19th-century eugenicists?

Is our current understanding of "mental disorder" based on theories developed by 19th-century eugenicists?

Neurodiversity

Negotiating the Neurodiversity Concept

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on August 18, 2021

How should we conceptualise health from within the neurodiversity paradigm?

How should we conceptualise health from within the neurodiversity paradigm?

Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity and Natural Selection: Why I Identify as Unselected

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on July 22, 2021

Have researchers misunderstood the neurodiversity movement?

Have researchers misunderstood the neurodiversity movement?

Psychiatry

Neurodiversity and the Biopolitics of Diagnosis

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on March 24, 2021

Psychological formulation is seen as an alternative diagnosis. Could it end up being being harmful?

Psychological formulation is seen as an alternative diagnosis. Could it end up being being harmful?

Neurodiversity

Neurodiversity and the Ecology of Thought

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on February 13, 2021

Have we misunderstood what it means for minds to malfunction?

Have we misunderstood what it means for minds to malfunction?

Psychiatry

Will Opposing Psychiatric Labels Stop Over-Medicalisation?

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on October 12, 2020

How to stop over-medicalisation

How to stop over-medicalisation

Neurodiversity

Is Police Abolition a Neurodiversity Issue, Too?

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on July 2, 2020

Police abolition is a race issue, but is it also a neurodiversity issue?

Police abolition is a race issue, but is it also a neurodiversity issue?

Neurodiversity

Neurotype Dysphoria

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on June 26, 2020

How can the neurodiversity paradigm account for autistics who seek a cure?

How can the neurodiversity paradigm account for autistics who seek a cure?

Psychiatry

Neurodiversity and Psychiatric Validity

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on January 31, 2020

Many argue that psychiatric disorder classifications lack scientific validity. But might it be worth keeping terms like "autism" nonetheless?

Many argue that psychiatric disorder classifications lack scientific validity. But might it be worth keeping terms like "autism" nonetheless?

Gender

Dominic Cummings, Weirdos, and Oxbridge Graduates

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on January 3, 2020

A controversial job advert promotes cognitive diversity over gender diversity. This is what the science says.

A controversial job advert promotes cognitive diversity over gender diversity. This is what the science says.

Psychiatry

Is Psychiatric Self-Diagnosis Valid?

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on December 31, 2019

Many worry that self-diagnosis lacks credibility and usefulness. But it's far from clear that this is the case.

Many worry that self-diagnosis lacks credibility and usefulness. But it's far from clear that this is the case.

Neurodiversity

The Positives of Dyslexia

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on September 27, 2019

The medical deficit model may overlook the advantages of dyslexia.

The medical deficit model may overlook the advantages of dyslexia.

Autism

Are the Voices of the "Severely" Autistic Being Silenced?

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on September 10, 2019

Understanding why the voices of multiply-disabled autistic writers are so often dismissed.

Understanding why the voices of multiply-disabled autistic writers are so often dismissed.

Autism

Multiply-Disabled Autism and Intersectional Feminism

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on September 2, 2019

Is it possible to account for the complexity of autism?

Is it possible to account for the complexity of autism?

Autism

Is Autism Really a "Genetically Based Brain Wiring"?

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on August 12, 2019

How the notion that autism is a form of brain-wiring may hinder the neurodiversity movement.

How the notion that autism is a form of brain-wiring may hinder the neurodiversity movement.

Neurodiversity

Mental Disorder Within the Neurodiversity Paradigm

Robert Chapman Ph.D. on July 30, 2019

Can we keep the concept of mental disorders after the rise of neurodiversity?

Can we keep the concept of mental disorders after the rise of neurodiversity?