Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Foreword V
3. Acknowledgements
4. Contents IX
5. Acronyms and abbreviations
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1 Neurodivergence and abstract language 16
8. Chapter 2 Language games, abstract nouns, and metadiscourse 36
9. Chapter 3 Power and privilege 61
10. Chapter 4 Race and gender 82
11. Chapter 5 Identity indefinable 101
12. Chapter 6 Autistic narratives and appraisals of abstraction 119
13. Chapter 7 Non-neurotypical narratives and appraisals 143
14. Chapter 8 Discernably thematic and transparently limited 175
15. Chapter 9 Abstracting the writer and the corpus 198
16. Chapter 10 Moving forward in community 224
17. Appendix 1: Sam’s writing response 253
18. Appendix 2: K.esseff’s writing response 254
19. Appendix 3: Henry G’s writing response 255
20. Appendix 4: Illogan’s writing response 256
21. Appendix 5: Jen’s writing response 259
22. Appendix 6: Nils’s writing response 263
23. References
24. Index of terms 289
25. Index of people 291