HIST4513 · History
Morrissey College of Arts & Sciences
In recent years, growing rates of diagnosis of conditions like ADHD and autism have produced a burgeoning social movement to celebrate neurodiversity and demand social supports for neurodivergent individuals. While scientists advance our understanding of neurodivergences biological mechanisms, and popular awareness of neurodiversity increases, historians have yet to take a meaningful neurodiversity turn. This class draws on interdisciplinary scholarship to ask: how has neurodiversity been understood by doctors, educators, and the broader public in the past? How has invisible neurodivergence shaped human experience historically? How does neurodiversity relate to other categories of difference like race, class, and gender?
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.6 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.8 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.6 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.7 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
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Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 section