Reviews with content warning for Ableism - Neuroqueer Heresies

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Neuroqueer Heresies by Nick Walker

6 reviews

daniofthewood's review against another edition

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challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.75

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panickedhonking's review against another edition

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challenging informative fast-paced

3.0

My opinion of this book slammed shut about 75% of the way through when Walker said with her whole chest "tame autistic" without irony to refer to people like Temple Grandin who gained approval (a dubious claim) from neurotypical society.
I think a lot of the underlying ideas are great, but ultimately Walker hypocritically employs a somewhat prescriptive view of how people are allowed to see autism. I do agree with the premise of neurodiversity as she outlined in the book, however I also think that it's an issue to say that anyone who employs any pathologizing self-identification is simply oppressed and their opinions by extension are invalid.
As a final note, she sure employs race as a comparison a whole lot for a white person while talking at length about who's allowed to speak for autistic people in academia, a category which does not include all autistic people.

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