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“Heralding a revolution in our understanding of autism and mental retardation, Professor Anne Donnellan and Martha Leary – who never shrink from confronting conventional wisdom – show how nineteenth century social biases and twentieth century testing continue to condemn people without speech and with other movement difficulties to second class citizenship.

The authors present movement differences as part of the spectrum of human diversity affecting action, speech, thoughts, perceptions and emotions. Differences can become disturbances, mask competencies and otherwise reflect negatively on persons labelled retarded, autistic, or similarly disabled. The book focusses on the power of accommodations. Accommodations have long been documented to help people with movement disturbances counter difficulties. Individually tailored to each person’s unique pattern of movement difference and diversity, accommodations can promote communication, reveal competencies, enhance personal well-being and restore dignity to people who have too often been marginalised by society.”