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Understanding Others in a Neurodiverse World : A Radical Perspective on Communication and Shared Meaning

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For a long time, researchers have thought that social communication difficulties experienced by autistic people are due to cognitive and social ‘deficits’. This book offers a neurodiversity-affirming alternative to this problematic approach, by presenting a novel perspective on cross-neurotype commu...

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ISBN: 781803883700
Published: Pavilion Publishing 2024
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