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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Neurodiversity Paradigm"”.
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When Being Normal Isn't the Goal: How Therapists Co-Transform Beyond Normal with their Autistic Clients
… from rigid Western scientific and cultural paradigms about what is real and what is normal, leading to the deep misunderstanding and social oppression of autism and other non-normative ways of being. Presently, autistic people still endure oppressive and traumatic behavioral interventions …
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The lived experiences of music teachers with neurodivergent learners in the school music classroom: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
… inclusive music education. Grounded in the neurodiversity paradigm and the strength-based approach (SBA), this study challenges deficit-based models of disability by acknowledging the unique abilities and potential of NDL. The neurodiversity paradigm views neurological differences as a …
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At the Intersection of International, Neurodiverse, and "Different": Making Space for Inclusion and Belonging in Hong Kong
… DisCrit theory, Chinese cosmopolitanism, and the neurodiversity paradigm, this Dissertation-in-Practice seeks to improve the experiences of multiply marginalized students, in particular, those with additional needs, who inhabit a unique context: Sandy Field Elementary (pseudonym), an international …
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Understanding the Lived Experiences of Autistic Adults
… these themes were contextualized via theories of neurodiversity paradigm and monotropism theory to better understand autistic experiences and needs. Furthermore, Milton’s (2012) double empathy problem reconceptualizes autistic experiences as a mutual lack of understanding of other’s behaviors by …
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Social Virtual Environments as ‘Third Places’: Co-Designing Socio-Relational Spaces For Autistic Young Adults
… contemporary perspectives informed by the neurodiversity paradigm emphasize autism as a form of human variation and call for research that centers autistic voices and lived experience. Responding to these shifts, this project explores how online environments - particularly Discord and the …
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Towards neurodiversity-informed understandings and diagnostic assessments of autism and autistic play
… from a deficit-focused perspective, towards a neurodiversity-informed perspective. This is important for helping us to understand how to improve autistic people’s wellbeing and improve the way diagnostic assessments are carried out in ways that better cater to autistic people’s needs. To …
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Characteristics of Neurodiversity-Affirming Paediatric Occupational Therapy: A Scoping Review
… of the available literature pertaining to Neurodiversity-Affirming (NDA) paediatric Occupational Therapy. This was to answer the question: “What does the literature tell us about the characteristics of NDA paediatric Occupational Therapy?” Introduction: The neurodiversity paradigm is …
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Show me the real you: Therapeutic relationship-building with autistic adults
… to be worth the effort. Grounded in the neurodiversity paradigm, this thesis shifts the focus from presumed unilateral social deficit in autistics to bilateral differences in relating, or the ‘double empathy problem’. I interviewed 17 autistic adults about their relationship-building …