When I say … neurodiversity paradigm

This publication is included in the Autistic Autism Scholarship Project. four authors of this publication are identified as autistic in the project.

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Shaw, S. C., Brown, M. E. L., Jain, N. R., George, R. E., Bernard, S., Godfrey‐Harris, M., & Doherty, M. (2024). When I say … neurodiversity paradigm. Medical Education, 59(5), 466-468. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15565

Publication date: 19 Nov 2024 Added to AutiHub: 4 Jul 2026 Type: Article Article language: English

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Authors

Publication authors
7
Publication authors identified as autistic
4 / 7 (57.1%)

Abstract

In this “When I say…” article, the authors argue for a philosophical transformation in how medical education values different ways of thinking and learning: the neurodiversity paradigm.

Bibliography cited by this reference

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Cited bibliography overview

These indicators describe the bibliography cited by this publication. An author name is counted each time it appears in one cited reference, so the same person can be counted more than once. Names not yet linked to an author already present in AutiHub are treated as unknown, not as non-autistic. Last computed: 2 Oct 2026 01:00.

Cited references
5
With a DOI
5
Without a DOI, from raw bibliography text
0
4 / 5 (80.0%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
References with data to complete
0 / 5 (0.0%)
References with detected author names
5 / 5 (100.0%)
Without detected author names
0
Without a structured title
0
Without a stable identifier
0
References with raw author names still to review
0
References with external metadata lookup issues
0
These indicators apply to cited references displayed on this page, after technical duplicates have been merged. A reference without a DOI can still support author statistics when a title and author names are available.
Author names detected in the cited bibliography
15
From DOI or external metadata
15
From validated raw bibliography text
0
Raw names already validated
0
Raw names still to review
0
13 / 15 (86.7%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 2 / 15 (13.3%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
9 / 15 (60.0%)
Calculated across all author names detected in the cited bibliography. Among names linked to an author already present in AutiHub: 9 / 13 (69.2%). Distinct people identified as autistic: 6 / 12 (50.0%).
  1. Lara Varpio , Anna MacLeod (2020). Philosophy of Science Series: Harnessing the Multidisciplinary Edge Effect by Exploring Paradigms, Ontologies, Epistemologies, Axiologies, and Methodologies . Academic Medicine, 95(5), 686-689. Oxford University Press (OUP).
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  2. Steven K. Kapp *Autistic author. Learn more… (2020). Introduction . In Autistic community and the neurodiversity movement (pp. 1-19). Springer Singapore.
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  3. Megan Godfrey‐Harris , Sebastian C.K. Shaw *Autistic author. Learn more… (2023). The experiences of medical students with ADHD: A phenomenological study . PLOS ONE, 18(8), e0290513. Public Library of Science (PLoS).
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