Since its initial description, the concept of autism has been firmly rooted within the
conventional medical paradigm of child psychiatry. Increasingly, there have been calls from …

For many decades, discussions regarding the definition and identification of learning
disabilities have been contentious; one result is the varied practices across states and …

Progress in psychological science can be limited by a number of factors, not least of which
are the starting assumptions of scientists themselves. We believe that some influential …

This paper investigates what it is to understand human differences in terms of deficits and
examines criticisms of this approach. In the past few decades, across many fields of inquiry …

Culture is a human universal, yet it is a source of variation in human psychology, behaviour
and development. Developmental researchers are now expanding the geographical scope …

Scientific communication poses a challenge: To clearly highlight key conclusions and
implications while fully acknowledging the limitations of the evidence. Although these goals …

Abstract Global Early Childhood Development (ECD)—an applied field with the aim to
improve the “brain structure and function” of future generations in the global South—has …

Previous researchers have found evidence for differences in parenting goals between
lesbian and gay people and their heterosexual peers. However, no previous research has …

Purpose In this article, we explore the deficit view of dyslexia and consider how it may
narrow research so as to hamper the progress of scientific discovery and constrain best …

Despite decades of efforts, deficit narratives regarding language development and use by
children and students from historically marginalized backgrounds remain persistent in the …