Wow, your post is an education for me, @poetrybyjeremy. I wasn’t previously familiar with the terms “neurotypical” and “neurodiversity,” though I do have people in my life on the spectrum. Great write-up! I will add this to my recommend reading list.
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These terms are only getting used more frequently nowadays, and I'm really happy that the book didn't just create autistic characters for the sake of it, but is well-researched and includes these terms. It reflects the recent rise in autism activism, which is not what psychologists tell us about autism, but what autistic people want.
E.g. last year I had a whole unit on childhood psychopathology in which the lecturer focused on person-first language, such as "person with autism", where most autistic people prefer otherwise, because I'm a gay man not a "man with homosexual tendencies" or whatever. It's part of my identity & not something separate, like a cold.
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