Promoting neurodiversity without perpetuating stereotypes or overlooking the complexity of neurodevelopmental disorders

IF 3.5 2区生物学 Q2 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

ACS Chemical Biology Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI:10.1017/iop.2022.97

Matthew I. Brown, Heidi R Fisher

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Abstract

We are highly concerned with the way in which LeFevre-Levy et al. (2023) characterize neurodiversity and neurodevelopmental disorders like autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and dyslexia in their focal article. In our opinion, the focal article is overly concerned with neurodiversity as a source of gifted outliers among the neuroatypical population. This framing perpetuates stereotypes of neuroatypical individuals that over-emphasize claims of narrowly defined strengths associated with specific conditions (e.g., greater visuospatial ability among individuals with ASD). Not only are these conditions more complex and interrelated than characterized in the focal article, but the article also fails to fully acknowledge the serious challenges that these conditions pose for most neuroatypical individuals. We value the goal of increasing neurodiversity in the workplace but contend that this cannot truly be achieved without an accurate understanding of neurodevelopmental disorders and the diversity of challenges faced by many neuroatypical individuals.

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促进神经多样性，而不延续刻板印象或忽视神经发育障碍的复杂性

我们高度关注LeFevre-Levy等人(2023)在其重点文章中描述神经多样性和神经发育障碍(如自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)、注意力缺陷/多动障碍(ADHD)和阅读障碍)的方式。在我们看来，焦点文章过分关注神经多样性作为神经非典型人群中天才异常值的来源。这种框架延续了对神经非典型个体的刻板印象，过度强调与特定条件相关的狭义优势(例如，ASD患者的视觉空间能力更强)。这些情况不仅比重点文章所描述的更加复杂和相互关联，而且文章也没有充分认识到这些情况对大多数神经非典型个体构成的严重挑战。我们重视在工作场所增加神经多样性的目标，但认为如果没有对神经发育障碍和许多神经非典型个体所面临的挑战多样性的准确理解，这一目标就无法真正实现。

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ACS Chemical Biology 生物-生化与分子生物学

CiteScore

7.50

自引率

5.00%

发文量

353

审稿时长

3.3 months

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