5 papers
"I don't have a good metric for what other people think:" Unpacking the double empathy problem in neurodivergent physics problem-solving
Liam G. McDermott, Frank T. Dachille, George R. Keefe +3
Learning is a social act and requires communication between interlocutors. Learning also is a process that takes place in a socially constructed neuro-normative system. These neuro…
Power, Prescription, and Postpositivism: Considerations for collecting and representing neurodiversity demographic information in physics education research
Mason D. Moenter, George R. Keefe, Liam G. E. McDermott +1
Demographic data collection is essential in education research, as demographic data allows researchers to better describe the participant population they study and to contextualize…
Understanding the Experiences of Neurodivergent Undergraduate Physicists Through Critical Disability Physics Identity
Liam G. McDermott, Nazeer A. Mosley
As more neurodivergent students enter college, discussion on neurodiversity in higher education is gaining momentum. It is increasingly imperative that we understand how neurodiver…
Neuroqueer Literacies in a Physics Context: A Discussion on Changing the Physics Classroom Using a Neuroqueer Literacy Framework
Daniel P. Oleynik, Kiley Fridley, Liam G. McDermott
Neurodiversity, the paradigm shift away from a pathologization of cognitive difference and towards a celebration of cognitive diversity, in an educational context has important imp…
Neuroqueering Physics Literacy
Liam G. McDermott
Neurodivergent people experience the world, conceptualize scientific concepts, and engage with meaning-making differently than their neurotypical peers. When these differences are…