Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone [edited] by Douglas Biklen, with Richard Attfield [und weitere]

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Biklen, Douglas, Author.

Contributor:

Biklen, Douglas, editor.

Attfield, Richard, editor.

Series:

Qualitative studies in psychology.

Qualitative studies in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Autistic people--Language.

Autistic people--Biography.

Autism.

Genre:

Biographies.

Personal Narrative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

New York New York University Press 2005

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Autism has been defined by experts as a developmental disorder affecting social and communication skills as well as verbal and nonverbal communication. It is said to occur in as many as 2 to 6 in 1,000 individuals. This book challenges the prevailing, tragic narrative of impairment that so often characterizes discussions about autism.Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone seriously engages the perspectives of people with autism, including those who have been considered as the most severely disabled within the autism spectrum. The heart of the book consists of chapters by people with autism themselves, either in an interview format with the author or written by themselves. Each author communicates either by typing or by a combination of speech and typing. These chapters are framed by a substantive introduction and conclusion that contextualize the book, the methodology, and the analysis, and situate it within a critical disability studies framework. The volume allows a look into the rich and insightful perspectives of people who have heretofore been thought of as uninterested in the world.

Contents:

Framing autism

Introduction to Sue Rubin

A conversation with Leo Kanner / by Sue Rubin

An introduction to Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay

Questions and answers / by Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay and Douglas Biklen

An introduction to Lucy Blackman

Reflections on language / by Lucy Blackman

An introduction to Larry Bissonnette

Letters ordered through typing produce the story of an artist stranded on the island of autism / by Larry Bissonnette

An introduction to Alberto Frugone

Salient moments in the life of Alberto, as a child, a youth, a young man / by Alberto Frugone

An introduction to Richard Attfield

The colour of rich / by Richard Attfield

The world as I'd like it to be / by Jamie Burke

The myth of the person alone / by Douglas Biklen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814739105

0814739105

OCLC:

855726048