The concept of neurodiversity has been developing for more than twenty years under a
sociopolitical angle and has since been strongly criticized for its lack of scientificity, the …

The chapter attempts at bringing out an overview of linguistic-based deficits in
neurodevelopmental disordered (NDD) population. Clinical linguistics as a discipline has …

Purpose: Whereas the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
(DSM-5) characterizes autism as a neurological disorder typified by impairment in social …

Purpose: The aim of this study is to share the lived experiences of an adult with
developmental language disorder (DLD) and relate her experience to the evidence base …

In the late 1990s, a sociologist named Judy Singer-who is on the autism spectrum herself-
invented a new word to describe conditions like autism, dyslexia, and ADHD: neurodiversity …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to pilot test a survey of professionals within the
justice system about their knowledge and perceptions of developmental language disorders …

Developmental language disorder (DLD) is characterized by enduring low language
abilities with a significant functional impact, in the absence of biomedical conditions in which …

Re-Thinking Autism: Diagnosis, Identity and Equality seeks to contribute to the growing field
of critical autism studies and, according to one commentator quoted on the back cover …

In this article, we invite a rethinking of traditional perspectives of language in autism. We
advocate a theoretical reappraisal that offers a corrective to the dominant and largely tacitly …

Throughout this chapter, I will be looking at the actions which led to the development of the
Labour Party's Autism/Neurodiversity Manifesto in the United Kingdom (UK). I will explain …