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Disability and citizenship

Embodied recognitive practices: Introducing a pride-based triadic framework linking trans depathologization movement to autistic agency

Mauricio López-Fernández y Claudio Martínez

Points of interest:

  • The article proposes a conceptual framework to understand how trans and autistic identities are constructed from recognizable embodied practices.
  • Highlights the role of pride and memory, not only in the body, but also in social contexts, as a fundamental part of the processes of affirmation and resistance against pathologization.
  • Recognition is understood as a complex process crossed by social norms and discourses that can affirm identities, as well as regulate and pathologize them.
  • Recognition flows depend on social movements and community action to ensure harmonious flows in favor of affirmation, fighting against the pathologizing currents that exist in the various realms of the social fabric.

Notes:

  • The following summary was made by Núcleo Milenio DISCA, and was based exclusively on the publication. Therefore, it cannot be used for citations and references.
  • This article was originally published in English.

López-Fernández, M. & Martínez, C. (2026). Embodied recognitive practices: Introducing a pride-based triadic framework linking trans depathologization movement to autistic agency. New Ideas in Psychology, Volume 82. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2026.101256.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.newideapsych.2026.101256