The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies

Herausgeber: Milton, Damian; Ryan, Sara

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Produktbeschreibung

This handbook provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Critical Autism Studies and explores the different kinds of knowledges and their articulations, similarities and differences across cultural contexts and key tensions within this sub-discipline.

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Produktdetails

• Routledge International Handbooks
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 174mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780367521011
• ISBN-10: 0367521016
• Artikelnr.: 71231187

Autorenporträt

Damian Milton is a Senior Lecturer in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities at the Tizard Centre, University of Kent. Damian's interest in autism began when his son was diagnosed in 2005 as autistic aged 2 and he was diagnosed with Asperger's in 2009 aged 36. Damian's primary focus is on increasing the meaningful participation of autistic people and people with learning disabilities in the research process and chairs the Participatory Autism Research Collective (PARC). Sara Ryan is a Professor of Social Care, Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research focuses on autism, learning disabilities, and marginalised groups.

Inhaltsangabe

1.Critical Autism Studies: An Introduction. Part One.Conceptualising
Autism. 2.First There Is A Mountain, Then There Is No Mountain, Then There
Is. Whither Identity?. 3.Critically Contextualising 'Normal' Development
and the Construction of the Autistic Individual. 4.Dimensions of
Difference. 5.Heterogeneity and Clustering in Autism: An Introduction for
Critical Scholars. 6.Rational (Pathological) Demand Avoidance: As a Mental
Disorder and an Evolving Social Construct. 7.Community Psychology as
Reparations for Violence in the Construction of Autism Knowledge. Part
Two.Autistic Identity. 8.Through the Lens of (Black) Critical Race Theory.
9.Postponing Humanity: Pathologising Autism, Childhood and Motherhood.
10.'It sort of like gets squared': Health Professionals' Understanding of
the Intersection of Autism and Gender Diversity in Young People.
11.Autistic Young People's Sense of Self and the Social World: A Challenge
to Deficit Focused Characterisations. 12.A Personal Account of
Neurodiversity, Academia and Activism. Part Three.Community and Culture.
13.'Autopia'; A Vision for Autistic Acceptance and Belonging. 14.The Moulin
Rouge and the Rouge Moulin: Language, Cartesianism, Republicanism and the
Construct of Autism in France. 15.Support on whose Terms? Competing
Meanings of Support Aimed at Autistic People. 16.Critical Autism Parenting.
17."Even though I'm on the Spectrum, I'm still capable of falling in love":
A Bourdieusian Analysis of Representations of Autism and Sexuality on Love
on the Spectrum. 18.Seeking Sunflowers: The Biopolitics of Autism at the
Airport. Part Four.Practice. 19.Autistic Identity, Culture, Community and
Space for Wellbeing. 20.Contemplating Teacher Talk through a Critical
Autism Studies Lens. 21.Models of Helping and Coping with Autism.
22.Critical Approaches to Autism Support Practice: Engaging Situated
Reflection and Research. 23.From Disempowerment to Wellbeing and Flow:
Enabling Autistic Communication in Schools. 24.Autistic Voices in Autistic
Research: Towards Active Citizenship in Autism Research.