They call themselves "an international group of autistic scholars of autism and neurodiversity" Actually they are a Northern Hemisphere group of scholars, doing what the Global North does best: colonising whatever Southern intellectual property they can get their hands onFor the record, I am Australian, and I will fight their latest effort at misappropriatiom.The names of these scholars ..read more

 Please don't let Dekker get away with it!I hope truth-seekers will not be deterred by the length of my response. Regrettably it takes time to replace simplistic fabrications and fake memories with complex evidence-based facts. I am doing this for the historical record.  Click for full view of Dekker's claims Anyone with a background in the humanities will readily see that Mr. Dekker's ..read more

Well-meaning but misguided... I am appalled to find that the influential journal, Psychology Today, has adopted the above definition of Neurodiversity conceived by Stanford University psychiatrist, Professor Lawrence Fung. And that it has been "approved" by a host of their in-house "experts". Let's begin with this: my concept of Neurodiversity was intended to wrest "Neurological Disorders" from ..read more

Can you spot the problem with this definition? Here's a big yellow clue to help you ... Neurodiversity is a concept that regards differences in brain function and behaviour as part of the normal variation of the human population Prof Lawrence K. Fung, M.D., PhD I am appalled to find that the influential journal, Psychology Today, has adopted the above definition of ..read more

This is a reprint of my featured article on Linkedin I thought people joined Linkedin because they meant business. So I'm amazed that business people are constantly inviting me to their events without mentioning payment, as if mentioning payment was so indelicate as to be taboo.How did we become so coy?How did we become persuaded that it was indelicate to mention money in job interviews? Who ..read more

Part 1: Exploring the New Colonialism Part 2: Case Studies (forthcoming) #neuroColonialism #neuroGoldrush #neuroAssets #neuroGold #supersessionism #Franchise #PyramidScheme #PonziScheme #BrandingGoldrushThe Eagle has been associated with Empire since the ancient Romans. It’s not hard to see why:  the ruthless descent out of the blueswooping in to snatch its unsuspecting prey I’m calling it ..read more

IntroducingCordelia Syndrome Cordelia's Portion (Ford Maddox Brown)Synopsis King Lear, aging ruler of Britain is retiring and wishes to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, Goneril, Reagan, and Cordelia He has figured out the perfect Selection Criteria for the job. Being King. i.e. absolute power stupefies absolutely,  he reckons he needs only one - “Who loves me the most?” He ..read more

or ...It's the name of a social justice movement, not a diagnosisYou may have heard critics of the Neurodiversity paradigm dismiss it with "It's not even scientific" or "It's pseudoscience". Of course it isn’t. It's not meant to be. Neurodiversity simply names a biological truism, a self-evident fact that adds nothing to what we already know about the world.  You don't need a ..read more

 Don’t be intimidated by the hefty word “Neurodiversity”. It’s simply a word that describes the incredible diversity of human minds, in which no two of the billions of us on the planet are exactly alike. We are all “Neurodiverse”. There are not two groups of people in the word, “normal people”  and “the neurodiverse”. There is only flawed humanity, all of us imperfect, all of us with needs, all ..read more

Emboldened by calling attention to the rapid "Commodification of Neurodiversity" in my Stanford Neurodiversity Summit Keynote, I want to take it further. It takes me weeks to write a blog piece, so I thought I would put it out there, "strike while the iron is hot"... i.e. do it while I am still energized. My point is not to start new dichotomies. In my speech I emphasised that all solutions to ..read more