Neurodiversity Matters: Monique Botha on funding priorities and community justice

19/03/2025 35 min Episodio 9
Neurodiversity Matters: Monique Botha on funding priorities and community justice

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Why is the funding agenda for autism research so far from what the communities concerned want? There’s a long tradition of prioritising neurobiological and genetic work over qualitative, but how did it get this way? Sohail interviews Dr Monique Botha about citational justice, emotion in research, participatory research accessibility, and why letting community-led neurodivergence research out of its silo would benefit neurotypical and neurodivergent populations alike. 

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