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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ryan, Sara (Siobhan), editor.

Milton, Damian, editor.

Series:

Routledge international handbooks.

Routledge international handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autism.

Autism spectrum disorders.

Autism--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 pages)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2023]

Summary:

This handbook, the first of its kind, 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. Critical Autism Studies is a developing area occupying an exciting space of development within learning and teaching in Higher Education. It has strong trajectory within the autistic academic and advocate community in resistance and response to the persistence of autism retaining an identity as a genetic disorder of the brain. Divided into four parts * Conceptualising Autism * Autistic Identity * Community and Culture * Practice and comprised of 29 newly commissioned chapters written by academics and activists, it explores areas of education, Critical Race Theory, domestic violence and abuse, sexuality, biopolitics, health and social care practices. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, education, health, social care and political science.

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.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-305657-1

1-003-05657-1

1-000-80015-6

9781003056577