Neurodiversity, Social Work, and Social Justice

Key Issues and Overlaps

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8252796
AutoresSuzanne Flynn (0000-0002-2807-0866, University College Dublin, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen5
Número3
Fecha de publicación2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Disability and Social Justice (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2732-4036 • E-ISSN: 2732-4044
EditorialPluto Journals (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.13169/intljofdissocjus.5.3.0002
OpenAlexW7115020722
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas34

Neurodiversity is concerned with the spectrum of differences in human minds. Owing to the neurodiversity movement, from the 1980s onwards, social work has been challenged to reconcile its traditional social justice mandate, with ever-increasing sociopolitical attention to neurodiversity inclusion. If “respect for diversities”, as inscribed in the International Federation of Social Workers’ global definition of social work, is anything to go by, the challenge of reconciliation between social work and the neurodiversity movement, should never have been too great. Even so, it is argued that social work has of late been at odds with the ideological doctrine of making wider social justice change happen in societies. Specifically, it is argued that this constrains social work’s capacity to promote the will and preference of neurodivergent populations. Toward a more socially just approach in social work, key lessons and pathways forward are set out regarding neurodiversity inclusion and equality as a complex and pressing matter

Ideology · Inscribed figure · Set (abstract data type · Social change · Social group · Social justice · Social philosophy · Social relation · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Social Work Education and Practice