神经多样性和残疾:什么是风险?
Eleanor K Jones1, Vivienne Orchard2
1Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK e.k.jones@soton.ac.uk.
Medical humanities
|February 15, 2024
概括
神经多样性在各种环境中越来越多地使用,但本概念性文章质疑其含义. 它考察了神经学如何塑造身份和权利,强调了残疾人的被忽视的问题,因为残疾人日益增加.
科学领域:
- 医学人文学科 医学人文学科
- 生物伦理学生物伦理学
- 心理学哲学 心理学哲学
- 法律哲学 法律哲学
背景情况:
- 神经多样性在全球的学术,活动家和机构背景中越来越突出.
- 它的应用涵盖了工作场所,教育,心理治疗和政治话语.
- 这个术语越来越多地融入治疗实践和自闭症服务提供.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地检查神经多样性的广泛使用所带来的影响和风险.
- 通过分析神经学在身份和权利中的作用,在残疾研究中重新定位神经多样性.
- 确定有关残疾人的紧急问题,这些问题可能被当前的神经多样性范式所忽视.
主要方法:
- 对术语"神经多样性"及其应用的概念分析.
- 检查神经学是如何部署来建立身份,权利和福利的.
- 批判性回顾各种机构环境中围绕神经多样性的话语.
主要成果:
- 目前的神经多样性的部署可能会掩盖残疾人的关键问题.
- 神经学在神经多样性框架内定义身份,权利和利益方面的作用需要仔细审查.
- 政治气候日益严酷和能力主义加剧了这些被忽视的担忧.
结论:
- 神经多样性的广泛采用需要对其对残疾政策的影响进行批判性评估.
- 必须紧急关注残疾人的经历,特别是在越来越多的残疾人背景下.
- 需要进一步的研究,以确保神经多样性框架不会无意中将残疾问题边缘化.
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