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| author | macey, levi |
| author_facet | macey, levi |
| contents | <p>This paper introduces the Grey Area Principle as an original developmental framework examining the role of ambiguity in behavioural regulation, cognitive development, and safeguarding contexts. The principle defines grey areas as environments characterised by interpretive demand, absence of fixed outcomes, and the continuous requirement for context-based reasoning.</p> <p>Drawing on lived experience, behavioural observation, and alignment with established developmental theory, the paper argues that engagement with such environments is central to the formation of adaptive regulatory capacity. It further introduces the concept of continuous interpretive demand, highlighting how regulation for many individuals, particularly within neurodivergent contexts, operates as an ongoing process rather than a discrete response.</p> <p>The paper explores the implications of this framework for safeguarding and institutional systems, demonstrating how traditional approaches may misinterpret behaviour by failing to account for environmental conditions. It proposes a shift toward context-sensitive and process-based models of support.</p> <p>This work forms part of the Kre8tive Justice research initiative, contributing to a broader programme examining environmental pressure, behavioural regulation, and systemic responsibility.</p> |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | The Grey Area Principle: A Developmental Framework for Continuous Interpretive Regulation in Neurodivergent Contexts macey, levi <p>This paper introduces the Grey Area Principle as an original developmental framework examining the role of ambiguity in behavioural regulation, cognitive development, and safeguarding contexts. The principle defines grey areas as environments characterised by interpretive demand, absence of fixed outcomes, and the continuous requirement for context-based reasoning.</p> <p>Drawing on lived experience, behavioural observation, and alignment with established developmental theory, the paper argues that engagement with such environments is central to the formation of adaptive regulatory capacity. It further introduces the concept of continuous interpretive demand, highlighting how regulation for many individuals, particularly within neurodivergent contexts, operates as an ongoing process rather than a discrete response.</p> <p>The paper explores the implications of this framework for safeguarding and institutional systems, demonstrating how traditional approaches may misinterpret behaviour by failing to account for environmental conditions. It proposes a shift toward context-sensitive and process-based models of support.</p> <p>This work forms part of the Kre8tive Justice research initiative, contributing to a broader programme examining environmental pressure, behavioural regulation, and systemic responsibility.</p> |
| title | The Grey Area Principle: A Developmental Framework for Continuous Interpretive Regulation in Neurodivergent Contexts |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19846820 |