Why Right-Wing Ideology Stalls Neurodiversity

Why The Neurodiversity Movement Needs To Be Political

Neurodiversity does not exist in a vacuum. Neither does distress. Autistic wellbeing is not simply a matter of individual coping skills, resilience, or access to therapy; it is shaped, continuously and relentlessly, by the political weather we are forced to breathe. The sociopolitical climate is not background noise. It is a structural feature of the ec…