Books and articles

 

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	Neurodiversity: the Birth of an Idea   First published 2016 Contents An introduction that looks back on the 1990s and traces how my thinking evolved till 2016 A reprint of my original 1998 thesis which I believe was a world-first sociological work to explore and describe the emergence of a new category of disability, the idea of an "autistic spectrum" and the need for a new paradigm and language to describe it. My thesis had the very lengthy title Odd People In The Birth of Community Amongst People on the “Autistic Spectrum" A personal exploration of a New Social Movement based on Neurological Diversity.
	My chapter entitled Reflections on the Neurodiversity Movement 20 years on is available in both English and French versions Neurodiversity: 20th anniversary of the birth of the concept Advocacy for positive recognition of human diversity and its future La Neurodiversité - 20e anniversaire de la naissance d'un concept Plaidoyer pour la reconnaissance positive de la diversité humaine et pour son avenir  Prefaced by Steve Silberman
	My chapter: Why can't you be normal for once in your life? From a 'Problem with No Name' to a new category of disability This essay is probably where my work became known to the general public It appeared as a chapter in Disability Discourse, ed. Corker & French published by the Open University Press, UK in 1999
	My foreword is entitled Travels in Parallel Space an Invitation from a  collection of chapters by women who first met on Martijn Dekker's Inlv listserv Women from Another Planet: Our lives in the Universe of Autism ed. Jill Kearns Miller
	My chapter When Cassandra was very, very young  Growing up with an Asperger's Mother from Asperger Syndrome and Adults  ed. Karen Rodman