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Classification of Autism and ADHD

Posted By Tiffany Howkins, 26 April 2024
Good morning all, I am a secondary school library undertaking my Prof. Reg. Chartership and I'm looking at Area 3 - The Wider Context. I'm looking to connect with individuals working outside of school libraries to discuss any changes you have made, or are thinking of making, to the classification of books about autism and ADHD. I was involved in a discussion about this on a Secondary School Librarian group that I am part of, but didn't think to look further afield. I'm not looking to challenge anyone, but rather want to make sure I am being inclusive with our cataloguing and classification, especially as we have students who are going through different stages of the diagnosis process and have different levels of understanding and acceptance of this. I want to ensure that the language we are using and the classifications we are using are not offensive or alienating to our students. Please let me know if you would like to discuss. Many thanks, Tiffany

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Harry Wright says...
Posted 03 October 2024
Hi Tiffany, I have autism and ADHD and am a former school library worker. Happy to have a chat about appropriate terminology and answer any questions, though classification is not currently my area.
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Aziz Sannie says...
Posted 24 April 2025
Hi Harry and Tiffany - I have ADHD and in the prison library I work in some of the ADHD books fall under the following Dewey codes, '616.8', '616.858', '362.196858'. I agree that some of the language used in the classification system won't be helpful for many and will reinforce negative paradigms around neurodiversity. In fact, I think the very term "ADHD" needs to be changed also and I'm hopeful the movement to do so will prevail https://www.additudemag.com/attention-deficit-disorder-vast/
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