Bridging neurodiversity and open scholarship : how shared values can guide best practices for research integrity, social justice, and principled education

Elsherif, Mahmoud M. and Middleton, Sara and Phan, Jenny Mai and Azevedo, Flavio and Iley, Bethan and Grose-Hodge, Magdalena and Tyler, Samantha and Kapp, Steven and Gourdon-Kanhukamwe, Amélie and Grafton-Clarke, Desiree and Yeung, Siu Kit and Shaw, John J. and Hartmann, Helena and Dokovova, Marie (2022) Bridging neurodiversity and open scholarship : how shared values can guide best practices for research integrity, social justice, and principled education. Other. MetaArXiv, Berkeley, California. (https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/k7a9p)

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Abstract

Not all people conform to what is socially construed as the norm and divergences should be expected. Neurodiversity is fundamental to the understanding of human behaviour and cognition. However, neurodivergent individuals are often stigmatised, devalued, and objectified. This position statement presents the perspectives of neurodivergent authors, the majority of whom have personal lived experiences of neurodivergence(s), and discusses how research and academia can and should be improved in terms of research integrity, inclusivity and diversity. The authors describe future directions that relate to lived experience and systematic barriers, disclosure, directions on prevalence, stigma, intersection of neurodiversity and open scholarship, and provide recommendations that can lead to personal and systematic changes to improve acceptance of neurodivergent individuals’ lived experiences within academia.

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