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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Neurodiverse"”.
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Foundations of Cognitive, Affective, and Communicative Systems for Neurodiverse Individuals
… of systems that can elucidate the ways in which neurodiverse individuals are learning and growing across cognitive, affective, and communicative domains. These systems include custom-built hardware, software, mathematical models, novel methodologies, publicly released datasets, and multiple …
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Our Stories: (Re)Imagining Disability Futures Through Autobiographical Performance by Neurodiverse Artists
In response to the lack of neurodivergent (self)representation on Canadian stages, this dissertation explores autobiographical performance as a vehicle for self-advocacy and imagining disability futures differently. Over seven months in 2021, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, I brought …
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First-Hand Perspectives of Autistic and Neurodiverse Individuals in Social and Extracurricular Settings
… the firsthand experiences of autistic and neurodiverse individuals in social and extracurricular settings. Grounded in symbolic interactionism and disability studies, this study leveraged qualitative interviews to provide greater insight into the extracurricular lives of autistic persons …
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Together Tales: Designing inclusive storytelling games with generative AI to foster neurodiverse socialization
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-05-01
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At the Intersection of International, Neurodiverse, and "Different": Making Space for Inclusion and Belonging in Hong Kong
Despite the global commitments, efforts, and resources devoted to increasing belonging in school systems, countless students around the world continue to suffer from inequity and othering. This lack of effective inclusion is not due to the deficits in the biology of children nor the failings of …
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Neurodiversity in vocational education: Facilitating success
… can create successful learning experiences for neurodiverse learners that not only include but take account of their challenges and utilise and enhance the capabilities that neurodiverse learners bring to the learning and teaching environment. ABSTRACT My professional practice area is as a …
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Immersive experience between neurodivergence and neurotypicality Community Center for and by Autistic adults
… foster inclusivity and blur boundaries between neurodiverse and non-neurodiverse individuals. Through interdisciplinary approaches, it investigates spatial and sensory elements to create an immersive experience where everyone can perceive the world through an autistic person's perspective. By …
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Trauma Symptom Presentation of Neurodevelopmentally Diverse African American and Hispanic Youth
… a limited understanding of these implications in neurodiverse populations. The purpose of this study was to identify common symptoms in youth exposed to trauma and diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Participants were 25 male and female Hispanic and African American patients between the …
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Reimagining Education in the New Normal: What Student Stories Can Teach Us
… experiences related to COVID crisis schooling of neurodiverse adolescent students living and learning in New York City from the 2019 - 2020 school year through to the 2021 - 2022 school year, and how do these students understand their perspectives based on their experiences of schooling in this …
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Coming home to self: a first person action research inquiry
… Retrospectively I consider I have built on neurodiverse sensory, pattern and sensemaking orientations. Practice impacts have included shifting from top-down organisational change practice to educational leadership, research and teaching, drawing on relational and care ethics, with greater …
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Navigating ‘normal’: the writing lives of students on the spectrum
… classroom inclusivity from the perspectives of neurodiverse students. I argue that my five participants demonstrate kairotic skill regarding appropriate times and places to disclose their autism diagnosis, and sophisticated rhetorical techniques for managing stigma and meeting their needs as …
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Understanding the Lived Experiences of Autistic Adults
… lack of understanding of other’s behaviors by neurodiverse and neurotypical people, and the appropriate form of treatment would be to work toward understanding these dichotomous behaviors. This research recognized that only someone who is autistic can be considered a true expert on autism; …
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Investigating communicative dissonance within relationships of adults with Asperger’s Syndrome (ASD Level 1)
… people with an ASC are often described as neurodiverse. Neurodiverse relationships that include one person with an ASC and one person without an ASC (i.e., a person who is considered neurotypical) may encounter considerable challenges, given that individuals with ASC have social impairments …
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Overlapping Spectrums: Examining the Meaning-Making of Gender Diverse Autistic Adults Using a Participatory Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis Approach
… meaningful, and relevant for gender diverse neurodiverse individuals themselves, as well as for their cisgender allistic (non-autistic) allies. As such, this project has the potential to positively impact the health and wellbeing of gender diverse neurodiverse individuals and to amplify the …
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Nonverbal assessment of intelligence in autistic children : a psychometric investigation using classical test theory.
… and developmental measures when being used with neurodiverse populations, given that IQ scores can impact diagnoses, eligibility for services and accommodations, and quality of life.
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Feasibility of a Virtual Mindfulness Based Intervention, for youth diagnosed with a Neurodevelopmental Disability, during the COVID-19 Pandemic
… in reducing the mental health concerns of neurodiverse youth. The present study addressed this gap and determined the feasibility of a virtual adapted-MBI during the COVID-19 pandemic for youth with NDDs. Methods: Twenty-three neurodiverse youth (M = 12.72, SD = 1.34) and one of their …
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Innovative Teaching Strategies and Lesson Plans to Support Students with ADHD
… of creative pedagogy in fostering success among neurodiverse learners and outlining future directions for piloting and evaluating these classroom strategies.</p>
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“I wouldn't call it a disorder, it's just that my brain works differently to neurotypical people”: An exploration of how autistic people maintain their well-being and construct mental health support
… including the importance of working in a neurodiverse affirming manner and moving away from pathologizing autism.
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A Macro-Environmental Analysis of Competitive Employment for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
… the threats and opportunities to build a neurodiverse workforce. Some thirty years after the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the workforce participation rate and the employment rate of people with disabilities remains much lower than the general population. …
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TOWARD A MORE JUST AND TRULY INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
… that the school can include and equitably serve neurodiverse learners; (b) developing an antiracist curriculum that calls on students (and teachers) to reflect on their own privilege and learn to stand up rather than stand by; and (c) reviewing curricula, texts, and library holdings to ensure …
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