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0745348661 pdf Groundbreaking ... [provides] a deep history of the invention of the normal mind as one of the most damaging and oppressive tools of capitalism. To read it is to see the world more clearly Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes Argues that a radical politics of neurodiversity is necessary, not only for neurodivergent folk, but for our collective liberation Professor Hel Spandler, editor, Asylum magazine A vital book that kindles the flames of a neurodivergent revolution Beatrice Adler-Bolton, co-author of Health Communism Neurodiversity is on the rise. Awareness and diagnoses have exploded in recent years, but we are still missing a wider understanding of how we got here and why. Beyond simplistic narratives of normativity and difference, this groundbreaking book exposes the very myth of the normal brain as a product of intensified capitalism. Read more