On Our Own Terms: Emerging Autistic Culture, by Martijn Dekker
02/01/2006 (Circa)View on timeline
Similarly, for the Dutch self-advocate Martijn Dekker (2006), autism “is neither a physical (bodily) disability, nor a mental illness: it is a neurological disability.” His making the brain something different from the body illustrates that organ’s special ontological and functional status.
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Read the article by Martijn Dekker:
Dekker, Martijn. 2006. “On Our Own Terms: Emerging Autistic Culture.” (PDF).
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