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Robert Chapman Ph.D.

About

Robert Chapman, Ph.D., is a neurodivergent academic, previously employed as a research fellow in the philosophy department at the University of Bristol, UK. They specialise in the philosophy of medicine, neurodiversity theory, and disability theory. They have previously taught at the University of Essex and the King's College London. From August 2019, they will be leading the two-year research project Health and Wellbeing for a Neurodiversity Age, and exploring themes relating to the project through this blog. All opinions expressed here are their own.

Recent Posts

Why Autistic People Are Worried by Spectrum 10K

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

Neurodiversity and the Pathology Paradigm

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

Negotiating the Neurodiversity Concept

How should we conceptualise health from within the neurodiversity paradigm?

Neurodiversity and Natural Selection: Why I Identify as Unselected

Have researchers misunderstood the neurodiversity movement?

Neurodiversity and the Biopolitics of Diagnosis

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 and the Ecology of Thought

Have we misunderstood what it means for minds to malfunction?

Have we misunderstood what it means for minds to malfunction?

Will Opposing Psychiatric Labels Stop Over-Medicalisation?

How to stop over-medicalisation

How to stop over-medicalisation

Is Police Abolition a Neurodiversity Issue, Too?

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?

Neurotype Dysphoria

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

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

Neurodiversity and Psychiatric Validity

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?

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How to Face Your Everyday Triggers

At any moment, someone’s aggravating behavior or our own bad luck can set us off on an emotional spiral that threatens to derail our entire day. Here’s how we can face our triggers with less reactivity so that we can get on with our lives.

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