February 18, 2017 - 16:56
I think the theme for this week's readings were a nice continuation of last week's. I was particularly interested by how the theory of Theory of Mind has worked to dehumanize, erase, and attack neurodivergent people, particularly and especially Autistic people. It is such a violent idea, yet scholars have thrived off of it.
I continue to wonder how academic institutions are built to exclude neurodivergent people, and wonder how those institutions can change to allow greater access. I am not satisfied with the excuse that academia by necessity cannot include neurodivergent people.
I was also interested by the term "neuroqueer". I loved how it spoke to the intersection of neurodivergence and queerness. I decided to do a little more research into who Jim Sinclair was (they were mentioned in the article by Melanie Yergeau), and when I read that they were intersex, I became very curious as to whether they had written anything relating to the intersection of Autism and being intersex. Unfortunately, all of the links on Jim's website gave me a 404 error. Would love it if anyone could find any of Jim's writings!