I would highly recommended this book to anyone interested in autism, neurodiversity theory, queer theory, or any combination of these. i had a few issues with the writing itself, but i would still recommend this one to anyone interested in the connections between queerness and neurodivergence. If you aren't questioning at least some of your long-held beliefs by the end of this book, then go back to the beginning and start again. I have been looking for a book to recommend to families who are exploring their children’s diagnoses and also questioning if they, themselves, may also be autistic.

Intentionally liberating oneself from the culturally ingrained and enforced performance of neuronormativity can be thought of as neuroqueering”. very interesting and thought-provoking, although repetitive at times - mostly due to this book being a collection of essays from a single author on different aspects of the same subject. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.As a neurodivergent professional working with people whose neurodivergence differs from my own, it is helpful to be educated and reminded about many of the inherently ableist attitudes and practices that serve as obstacles to our community, even though I have experienced it on some level. The author is similarly dismissive and judgmental towards anyone who uses key terms differently or less precisely than she does. Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on human neurodiversity.

I am aware that this book is meant to be an academic text, especially since the author literally wrote that she intended to use this book as a textbook for courses she teaches. Too often high-profile queer activism relies on shaming people for understanding gender and language in anything other than a middle-class way.

Nick Walker is a queer, transgender, flamingly autistic author of both speculative fiction and nonfiction, and co-creator of the urban fantasy webcomic Weird Luck. But unfortunately, these wonderful nuggets of information are densely wrapped in a tirade about the people who get it wrong, with a chapter and a half seemingly entirely devoted to ranting about this. Take, for instance, the "transphobes don't understand how pronouns work" trope which rests on classist assumptions, positioning the trans activist as having the moral high ground through being educated or 'intelligent', and using grammar normatively. Among the early sections of the book, the one that concerned me most was the grammatical prescriptivism chapter.

I’m donating a new, un-Rosie-marked copy of this book to the little autistic library I’m building at my work.

We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. This book is for those of us who were always railing against injustice, even when we didn't fully understand what it was we were fighting for or against. Walker encourages the reader to be their true, authentic, oddball selves, regardless of what socio-cultural expectations dictate. ACT Contact / FAQ About Events / Videos Merch / Subs Sign in/up Neuroqueer Heresies : Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities Walker, Nick More by this author. The author clearly explains how the neurodiversity movement relates to disability justice, gender justice, and other interconnected liberatory movements.