Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm: Are these common socio-political terms doing more harm than good?
Upgrading my original idea - Judy Singer| neurodiversity2.blogspot.com
Upgrading my original idea - Judy Singer| neurodiversity2.blogspot.com
I prefer the word "Social Security" to so-called "Welfare" - a term that I would like to see expunged from the bureaucratic lexicon. What's wrong with "Welfare"?Because W*lf*re suggests charity. It demeans unemployed recipients as "poor unfortunate souls" or losers at best, and scroungers and bludgers verging on criminality at worst. Without beating the social| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Don't even look at Wikipedia on either #Neurodiversity or my profile "Judy Singer". These entries are either a clueless hodge-podge of misinformation by faceless, self-appointed, and clearly unqualified "editors" who rely on social media scuttlebutt or more sinisterly have been corrupted by malicious rivals in the field or their agents.As for what these amateurs did to the "| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Blume? Singer?or...Turtles All The Way Down?An Actual Correction of a Scurrilous Libel(based on actual original documents!) Spoiler: It was me! I refer to the scurrilous, erroneous and self-serving trashtake of my work by the two most prominent Northern Hemisphere academic Johnny-Come-Latelies to the #Neurodiversity discourse, Robert J Chapman, Nick Walker, and their 4| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
... and phobic about a Yankee gutter tabloid journalist, but who cares about him? Not giving him oxygen. I only respect the pronoun choices of people who respect me, not academics who seize the opportunity to clamber over me up the greasy pole to academic glory. NB: I am not an academic and hsbr never had the slightest desire to beIn retrospect, if this is how vicious academic| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
For the Record: First published April 7th 2024Now updated March 7th 2025 and again late AprilMore Relevant than Ever It has taken me this long to send a second rebuttal of the fallacious and libellous hatchet job published by the highly esteemed multinational academic publishing juggernaut Sage Journals. Sage's publishers have dug their heels in, claiming that "| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
ENVY Over the past year, two prominent figures in the development of the neurodiversity discourse, Robert J Chapman and Nick Walker, along with 4 acolytes, have initiated a disinformation campaigntargeting my reputation. Click to view At best, for their sake, and my own belief in human decency, I can only hope these people sincerely believe their calumnies, and| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Notice of DefamationThe highly-respected academic journal, Sage Publications, has published the following open letter by 6 American and British academics, which claims to be a "correction" to the attribution of the term "Neurodiversity" to me.. The letter is authored by a collective of 6 northern hemisphere scholars who describe themselves "international scholars of neurodiversity".| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Afterthought, 30/02/2025Sorry, not sorry! The word "Woman" is historically reserved. It means "Adult Biological Female".Original post 17/11/2025So these are the 2 tweets that have landed my career in hot water. Click to enlargeTweet No 1. Tweet No 2. I’m #Linguaphilic, not #Transphobic! Why would I be transphobic when I introduced the term #Neurodiversity to advocate for a| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Updated 16/01/2025 first published 11/7/2023NB: Now that I'm 74, it's no more "nice little old lady". So. I gotta hand it to Dekker. He just won't give up the bloody bone! He just keeps spreading the lies oops, confabulations while I have to keep chasing after him with the ..um.. Drekker-scooper.This bloke needs to find another hobby horse. Or maybe, just get a life!And| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Last week when I heard the news, it was about 3.30 in the morning. I was having a sleepless night and I wrote this, perhaps presciently. After all, it had been more than a decade since we corresponded. All kinds of thoughts cycle through my brain in these dark days, and finally thoughts of Harvey Blume popped up. He and I corresponded intensively for a year at least from 1997, and| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
The words Normal and Natural have no place in the Neurodiversity Paradigm Well-meaning but misguided... I am appalled to find that the influential journal, Psychology Today, has adopted the above misconceived definition of Neurodiversity disseminated by Stanford University psychiatrist, Professor Lawrence Fung. And that it has been "approved" by a host of their| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Part 1: Exploring the New Colonialism in Business Part 2: Re-colonization by the Psycho-Medical Complex #neuroColonialism #neuroGoldrush #neuroAssets #neuroGold #supersessionism #Franchise #PyramidScheme #PonziScheme #BrandingGoldrushThe Eagle has been associated with Empire since the ancient Romans. It’s not hard to see why: the ruthless descent out of the blueswooping in to| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
NOTE: I wrote this years ago. maybe 2019, but accidentally wiped out the date when I just published it I created this meme for Linkedin. I thought people joined Linkedin because they meant business, so was amazed that mentioning payment seems to be taboo. How did we become so coy?From The Guardian: Employer secrecy is fuelling gender pay gapEmployer secrecy is fuelling gender pay| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Introducing The Cordelia Variantof the syndrome currently known as "Autism" Cordelia's Portion (Ford Maddox Brown)Synopsis King Lear, aging ruler of Britain intends on retiring and wishes to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, Goneril, Regan, and CordeliaBut to win the greatest share, they must meet such selection criteria as he devises Being an absolute ruler whose power| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
[This is a reprint of my featured article on Linkedin as at December 2021]I thought people joined Linkedin because they meant business. So I'm amazed that business people are constantly inviting me to their events without mentioning payment, as if mentioning payment was so indelicate as to be taboo.How did we become so coy?How did we become persuaded that it was indelicate to mention money in job| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
I'm afraid I don't have the gift of clairvoyance. When I look into my crystal ball, I see through the glass darkly, very darkly. And even more so in these times. Now pandemic, global warming, the rise of populism and the decline of what we called "Western Civilization", in all its horror and glory, point to a future of socio-economic upheaval and uncertainty. History teaches us| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
... or ...It's the name of a social justice movement, not a diagnosisYou may have heard critics of the Neurodiversity paradigm dismiss it with "It's not even scientific" or "It's pseudoscience". Of course it isn’t. It's not meant to be. Neurodiversity simply names a biological truism, a self-evident fact that adds nothing to what we already know about the world. You don't need a| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
I wish I had the courage to resist the overwhelming pressure to respond in kind to my women friends who sign off their messages with love hearts, flowers and cute kittensAnd I'd love to have the courage to keep my business correspondence brief and to the point, to cut out all fake expressions of concern for the health of my creditors, and to stop worrying about what kind of "Regards" I should| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Note:found this as a draft: Only published it 25/11/2024 but the published on date is correct. Its' probably incomplete More jobs mostly for the boys?We'll never know unless these companies give actual intersectional statistics in their Annual ReportsHavent seen too many jobs advertised for autistic women's traditional specialties... all forms of writing, quiet achievement, acute outsider| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Note:found this as a draft: Only published it 25/11/2024 but the published on date is correct. It is probably incomplete It's always an honour to be asked by an organization to become a Board member or Advisory Panel member to be "a voice" with "lived experience". And it is indeed empowering to meet with powerful people and get an insight into how decisions are made "at the top". But| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
I am generally credited with being the originator of the term Neurodiversity while writing a sociology honours thesis,"Odd People In: a personal exploration of a new social movement based on neurological diversity" (UTS Sydney 1998). I did not define the term, thinking its meaning self-evident. Since then there have been a proliferation of definitions, and as I expected, most| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Am I the only one who can spend more time agonizing about what kind of “regards” to send in a business letter than on writing the whole damn letter? I’ve had enough, I just can’t take it anymore, I. AM. NOT. DOING. IT. ANY. MORE! Life is too short! One of my autistic traits is that I am ALWAYS sincere. (Well, almost always, unless I have been taught to fake it for the sake of| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
This is a typical definition of Neurodiversity found at random on the web. There are innumberable such, all referring to "normal" variations. First, it's important to be wary of the "passive voice" which confers authority by fudging who is speaking. If there is an omitted "by" in the sentence , it's worth asking "by whom". So... Regarded by whom? I submit: by an echo chamber of Wiki| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Before you talk of "The Vulnerable", ask yourself by what means a significant proportion of the populace is rendered vulnerableSummary I propose that the term "The Vulnerable" is a depoliticized euphemism for people who require social security support due to structural injustice as much as to inherent disabilityI further argue that applying the definite article "The" to minorities is a| Reflections on the Neurodiversity Paradigm
Upgrading my original idea - Judy Singer| neurodiversity2.blogspot.com
Upgrading my original idea - Judy Singer| neurodiversity2.blogspot.com
Neurodiversity Official Definition by Judy Singer| neurodiversity2.blogspot.com
