Authoring Autism

About “Authoring Autism”

This 2018 edition by M. Remi Yergeau defines neurodivergence as an identity, neuroqueerness, rather than an impairment, using a queer theory framework to challenge stereotypes and cognitive studies scholarship about autism. Yergeau critiques early intensive behavioral interventions and the privileging of intentionality in rhetorical traditions, presenting storying as a method for autistics to define their own experience.