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• From ISNT (The Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical)
  This site is a parody of research done by the supposedly "normal" on the "abnormal".
  My two pieces are satirical.

  • NT Social Skills Deficiencies: A Case Study. (A send-up of exploitative research ethics)

  • What to do if you suspect your child has NT

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Thesis

• Odd People In: The Birth of Community Amongst People on the Autistic Spectrum: A personal exploration of a New Social Movement based on Neurological Diversity. A thesis presented to the faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts Social Science (Honours) Faculty of Humanities and Social Science University of Technology, Sydney, 1998

Papers and articles

• Why can't you be normal for once in your life? From a problem with no name to a new category of disability.
  This article was the first published work to my knowledge to attempt to sketch out a sociology of the new social movement around autism, and is also the first to mention the term "neurodiversity". Citation: Singer, J (1997) “Why can’t you be normal for once in your life?” in Corker, M and French, S (eds) (1998) Disability Discourse Open University Press, UK

• Uncovering the Neurological Procrustean Bed: How the "Autism epidemic" reveals society's limiting assumptions about the human mind. A paper given for the Disability Studies and Research Institute
  University of New South Wales which argues that AS has been constellated as a disability by technological and social changes in the postmodern era. It looks at the social institutions and beliefs that constitute Procruste' rack and his axe.

• No Longer “Fair Game”: Human Rights for “Nerds, Wierdos, and Oddballs”. Advocating for students with Asperger's in Australian schools

• Genius and Moral Responsibility: Does what we know about autism cast new light on the debate on Art and Political Responsibility?
  A neurological take on Istvan Szabo's newly released film "Taking Sides" about the great German 9onductor who chose to remain in Nazi Germany and continue his career. A paper given to the Social Relations of Disability Research Network, Sydney

Articles about being the child of an AS mother

• When Cassandra was very very young: An article first published in the Jessica Kingsley Anthology "Is anybody listening?" ed Karen Rodman.

• The Old Woman of the Sea: Growing up with a parent with Asperger's Syndrome
  This article has as its central metaphor the Arabian Nights tale of Sinbad the Sailor's encounter with the Old Man of the Sea, and represents my first attempt to understand the family mystery of my mother's odd and cruel behaviour. I began it in 1995 when information on AS was scant.

Articles identifying as AS

• Travel with us in Parallel Space. An invitation: A preface to "Women from Another Planet" an anthology of autobio-graphical articles written by women on the Autistic Spectrum, edited by Jean Kearns Miller. In this article I identify more with my AS traits and the discrimination I and other women on the Autistic spectrum have encountered
  

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