TY  - GEN
AB  - Taking up a social constructionist position, this book illustrates the social and cultural construction of autism as made visible in everyday, educational, institutional and historical discourses, alongside a careful consideration of the bodily and material realities of embodied differences. The authors highlight the economic consequences of a disabling culture, and explore how autism fits within broader arguments related to normality, abnormality and stigma. To do this, they provide a theoretically and historically grounded discussion of autism one designed to layer and complicate the discussions that surround autism and disability in schools, health clinics, and society writ large. In addition, they locate this discussion across two contexts the US and the UK and draw upon empirical examples to illustrate the key points. Located at the intersection of critical disability studies and discourse studies, the book offers a critical reframing of autism and childhood mental health disorders more generally.
AU  - Lester, Jessica Nina,
AU  - O'Reilly, Michelle,
CN  - RC553.A88
CY  - Dordrecht, Netherlands :
DA  - 2021.
DO  - 10.1007/978-94-024-2134-7
DO  - doi
ID  - 1440944
KW  - Autism spectrum disorders
KW  - Autism spectrum disorders
KW  - Troubles du spectre de l'autisme
KW  - Troubles du spectre de l'autisme
LK  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-024-2134-7
N2  - Taking up a social constructionist position, this book illustrates the social and cultural construction of autism as made visible in everyday, educational, institutional and historical discourses, alongside a careful consideration of the bodily and material realities of embodied differences. The authors highlight the economic consequences of a disabling culture, and explore how autism fits within broader arguments related to normality, abnormality and stigma. To do this, they provide a theoretically and historically grounded discussion of autism one designed to layer and complicate the discussions that surround autism and disability in schools, health clinics, and society writ large. In addition, they locate this discussion across two contexts the US and the UK and draw upon empirical examples to illustrate the key points. Located at the intersection of critical disability studies and discourse studies, the book offers a critical reframing of autism and childhood mental health disorders more generally.
PB  - Springer,
PP  - Dordrecht, Netherlands :
PY  - 2021.
SN  - 9789402421347
SN  - 9402421343
T1  - The social, cultural, and political discourses of autism /
TI  - The social, cultural, and political discourses of autism /
UR  - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-94-024-2134-7
ER  -