Neurodiversity: The Autism Spectrum - Part 2
Tune in to part 2/2 of The Autism Spectrum with Farah Abdulrahman and Sara Rizzo. In this episode, they talk about the neurobiology and physiology of autism, the different labels that people use to talk about autism (and why many of them are problematic), myth-busting, and ableism!
Other Researchers: Mariya Athar and Esha Mahendran
References
Social Media:
o Autistamatic: https://www.youtube.com/c/Autistamatic/featured
o Neurodifferent: https://www.instagram.com/neurodifferent/
o Paige Layle: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFd9e6W-saUSwje3-B2lCVg/featured
o Purple Ella: https://www.youtube.com/c/PurpleElla/videos
o @emlensage on Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSJgH5KJj/
Recommended Reading:
· Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate by Cynthia Kim
· Neurotribes by Steve Silberman
· Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg
· The Autism Journal: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/aut#focusLatestArticles
· Autism, A new Introduction to Psychological Theory and Current Debate by Fletcher-Watson and Happé
· Communal Definition of Autism and more: https://autcollab.org/projects/a-communal-definition-of-autism/
· About the history of ‘Asperger’:
o https://time.com/5255779/asperger-syndrome-nazi-germany-history/