Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 508 g
How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge
Buch, Englisch, 400 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 213 mm, Gewicht: 508 g
ISBN: 978-0-231-20613-6
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Spaces on the Spectrum examines the autistic rights and alternative biomedical movements, which reimagine autism in different and conflicting ways: as a difference to be accepted or as a sickness to treat. Both, however, provide a window into how ideas that conflict with dominant beliefs develop, take hold, and persist. The autistic rights movement is composed primarily of autistic adults who contend that autism is a natural human variation, not a disorder, and advocate for social and cultural inclusion and policy changes. The alternative biomedical movement, in contrast, is dominated by parents and practitioners who believe in the disproven idea that vaccines trigger autism and seek to reverse it with scientifically unsupported treatments. Both movements position themselves in opposition to researchers, professionals, and parents outside their communities. Spaces on the Spectrum offers timely insights into the roles of shared identity and communal networks in movements that question scientific and medical authority.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface and Position
Acknowledgments
1. Warriors and Aliens: Challenging Autism Experts
2. Reimagining Autism: As a Difference to Accept, as a Sickness to Treat
3. Seeking Hope and Support: Pathways to Autism Movements
4. Knowing One’s Tribe: The Transformation of Autistic Rights Into Reality
5. Laboratories and Experimentation: The Tools and Strategies of “Recovery”
6. The Outsiders: Resisting Criticism and Claiming Legitimacy
7. Making Space for the Spectrum
Appendix A. Interview Protocols
Appendix B. Participants
Notes
Bibliography
Index