Jason Arday

Ableism is embedded in our daily lives. Social life, education, work, and, especially, mental health have been organised around rigid ideas of the 'ideal' and the 'normal' citizen—ideas that always exclude neurodiversity. In this pathbreaking book, Chantelle Jessica Lewis and Jason Arday argue that the neurodiversity movement offers ways to mobilise against not only ableism but also other 'isms', including...

‘You did it, didn’t you, Jason?’ Mum asked. ‘No, Giff,’ I told her. ‘We did. We did it . . .’ When Jason Arday was thirty-seven years old, everything changed. He made international news by becoming the youngest Black professor in the almost thousand-year history of the University of Cambridge. But that remarkable achievement is only part of his great...

‘You did it, didn’t you, Jason?’ Mum asked.‘No, Giff,’ I told her. ‘We did. We did it . . .’ When Jason Arday was thirty-seven years old, everything changed. He made international news by becoming the youngest Black professor in the almost thousand-year history of the University of Cambridge. But that remarkable achievement is only part of his great and...