The Routledge international handbook of critical autism studies / edited by Damian Milton and Sara Ryan.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • London ; New York, New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2023]
  • ©2023
Description
1 online resource (326 pages)

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Series
Routledge international handbooks. [More in this series]
Notes
Includes index.
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Description based on print version record.
Contents
  • Cover
  • Half Title
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Table of Contents
  • List of figures
  • List of tables
  • List of contributors
  • Chapter 1. Critical autism studies: An introduction
  • Part 1. Conceptualising autism
  • Chapter 2. First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is: whither identity?
  • Chapter 3. Critically contextualising 'normal' development and the construction of the autistic individual
  • Chapter 4. Dimensions of difference
  • Chapter 5. Heterogeneity and clustering in autism: An introduction for critical scholars
  • Chapter 6. Rational (Pathological) Demand Avoidance: As a mental disorder and an evolving social construct
  • Chapter 7. Community psychology as reparations for violence in the construction of autism knowledge
  • Part 2. Autistic identity
  • Chapter 8. Through the lens of (Black) Critical Race Theory
  • Chapter 9. Postponing humanity: Pathologising autism, childhood and motherhood
  • Chapter 10. 'It sort of like gets squared': Health professionals' understanding of the intersection of autism and gender diversity in young people
  • Chapter 11. Autistic young people's sense of self and the social world: A challenge to deficit-focused characterisations
  • Chapter 12. A personal account of neurodiversity, academia and activism
  • Part 3. Community and culture
  • Chapter 13. 'Autopia': A vision for autistic acceptance and belonging
  • Chapter 14. The Moulin Rouge and the Rouge Moulin: Language, Cartesianism, republicanism and the construct of autism in France
  • Chapter 15. Support on whose terms? Competing meanings of support aimed at autistic people
  • Chapter 16. Critical autism parenting
  • Chapter 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.
  • Chapter 18. Seeking sunflowers: The biopolitics of autism at the airport
  • Part 4. Practice
  • Chapter 19. Autistic identity, culture, community, and space for well-being
  • Chapter 20. Contemplating teacher talk through a critical autism studies lens
  • Chapter 21. Models of helping and coping with autism
  • Chapter 22. Critical approaches to autism support practice: Engaging situated reflection and research
  • Chapter 23. From disempowerment to well-being and flow: Enabling autistic communication in schools
  • Chapter 24. Autistic voices in Autistic research: Towards active citizenship in Autism research
  • Index.
ISBN
  • 1-00-305657-1
  • 1-003-05657-1
  • 1-000-80015-6
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