I IDENTIFY AS AUTISTIC AND AM PART OF THE COMMUNITY OF INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE SPECTRUM: A SOCIO-ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF AN ACTIVIST IN THE NEURODIVERSITY MOVEMENT IN BOGOTÁ

IDENTIFICO-ME COMO AUTISTA E FAÇO PARTE DA COMUNIDADE DE SUJEITOS DENTRO DO ESPECTRO: UMA ANÁLISE SÓCIO-ANTROPOLÓGICA DE UM ACTIVISTA DO MOVIMENTO DA NEURODIVERSIDADE EM BOGOTÁ

Abstract

This study reports the reflections of Andrea Quintero, the mother of a young man with autism who identifies as autistic. This person intends to promote the neurodiversity movement, which struggles for the recognition of autism as a human divergence. A socio-anthropological analysis based on post-structuralism, sociology, and ethnographic studies on autism spectrum will show the intermediate zones of neurodivergent activism, in which negotiation and dispute points occur between some autistic subjects, specialists, and parent organizations. In turn, this research describes Andrea Quintero’s criticisms of the division between adaptable and unadaptable in our time.

Keywords:
Autism; Social Anthropology; Neurodiversity; Parents; Political activism