Neurodiversity vs Disorder: The Other Great Divide of Autism

Posted by on Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

With all of the attention the autism-vaccine debate has received, often overlooked is another source of infighting within the autism community that involves neurodiversity vs. disorder. Neurodiversity is a movement commonly seen among those with high functioning autism and adheres to the notion that people with autism experience the world differently, not pathologically. As such, [...]

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