Off the map: a critical geography of intellectual disabilities

Smith, Phil

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2004.10.006

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“…A neuro-separate space dominated by NTs, which we refer to as NT space, can be defined as part of 'the Land of the Normate' (Smith, 2005), 'normal' spaces (Hall, 2005) or 'mainstream' cultural spaces (Milner & Kelly, 2009). Following researchers within the field of disability geographies, NT-spaces can be seen as socially produced to exclude people with autism in two main ways.…”

Section: Neuro-separate and Neuroshared Spacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the social geographies of autism – online and off-line narratives of neuro-shared and separate spaces

Rosqvist

Brownlow

O’Dell

2013

Disability & Society

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1Mapping the social geographies of autism -on-and off-line narratives of neuro-shared and separate spaces Points of Interest •We use the term 'space' to mean the places where people can talk with each other and meet. Spaces can either be accessible or not for people with autism.• On-line spaces are where people meet and talk through the internet. Research has shown that on-line spaces can be a helpful way for people with autism to communicate.• Off-lines spaces are where people meet face to face. Off-line spaces are often where people with autism have difficulty communicating. We argue that off-line spaces need to be transformed so that they are accessible for people with autism.• The research explores the meaning of off-and on-line spaces among people with autism.• In our research we found that people with autism want to meet in 'autism only' spaces and at times may want to meet in spaces with both autistic and non autistic people.Mapping the social geographies of autism -on-and off-line narratives of neuro-shared and separate spaces Mapping the social geographies of autism -on-and off-line narratives of neuro-shared and separate spaces 4 Abstract This paper draws together empirical work that has been produced by the authors in two different autistic spaces: The Swedish paper Empowerment produced by and aimed at adults with autism, and English-speaking autistic communities on-line. While the two points of data collection are quite different, there are important points of commonality which enable us to explore central issues concerning autistic and neurotypical space and the meanings assigned to these in different contexts. The paper aims to introduce the notion of social geographies of autism, based on talks among adults with autism and a social movement to promote autistic identities, giving examples from our previous work that has spanned both on-and off-line spaces. Key issues discussed in the paper include a focus on autistic political platforms and the carving out of both social and political spaces for people with autism. In doing so, neuroseparate and neuro-shared spaces must be negotiated.

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Section: Neuro-separate and Neuroshared Spacesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the social geographies of autism – online and off-line narratives of neuro-shared and separate spaces

Rosqvist

Brownlow

O’Dell

2013

Disability & Society

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“…Also Golledge (1993) states that even until the end of the nineties disability was a critical social issue that was rather hardly considered (Golledge, 1993). However, from then on studies of disability received more attention within human (medical, political en social) geography (Park, Radford & Vickers, 1998;Smith, 2005;Worth, 2008).…”

Section: Space and Place In Disability Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disability Studies and Social Geography Make a Good Marriage: Research on Life Trajectories of People with Intellectual Disabilities and Additional Mental Health Problems

Claes¹,

Schauwer²,

Hove³

2013

Emerging Perspectives on Disability Studies

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“…(Regard 2002). Autobiographical writing allows marginalized individuals to ‘narrate their own metaphors in spheres of citizenship to which they are denied access’ (Smith 2005, 90). As cultural geographers argue, there is a need to move beyond reading metaphors as mere ‘poetic flourishes’ in order to understand how metaphors are used ‘in contexts of social power and conflict’ (Cresswell 1997, 330).…”

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‘Travel in parallel with us for a while’: sensory geographies of autism

Davidson

Henderson

2010

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Drawing on autobiographies by authors with autistic spectrum disorders (ASDs), we consider how ASD authors use travel analogies and spatial metaphors to explore questions of difference in autistic sensory experience. ASD authors often appeal to the geographical imagination in an effort to communicate with 'neuro-typical' others for whom autistic behaviour can seem so peculiar as to be almost alien. Blurring the boundaries between pathology and normality, ASD authors counter typically negative and/or dismissive assessments of deficiency, disability and deviance with explanations of reasonable difference in environmental response. This paper takes up the challenge of ASD authors to 'travel in parallel', circumventing biomedical 'checkpoints', if only temporarily, in order to better understand the construction and experience of autistic lifeworlds, wherein spatial and embodied coherence is challenged at every turn and 'sensory mapping' is a means of survival. Rather than viewing perceptual and processing challenges characteristic of ASDs as problems to be fixed, we suggest non-autistic others might instead attempt toThe Canadian Geographer / Le Géographe canadien 54, no 4 (2010) 462-475

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Off the map: a critical geography of intellectual disabilities

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

Mapping the social geographies of autism – online and off-line narratives of neuro-shared and separate spaces

Mapping the social geographies of autism – online and off-line narratives of neuro-shared and separate spaces

Disability Studies and Social Geography Make a Good Marriage: Research on Life Trajectories of People with Intellectual Disabilities and Additional Mental Health Problems

‘Travel in parallel with us for a while’: sensory geographies of autism

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