Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone / Douglas Biklen.
Biklen, Douglas, author.; Attfield, Richard, contributor.; Biklen, Douglas, contributor.; Bissonnette, Larry, contributor.; Bissonnette, Larry, contributor.; Blackman, Lucy, contributor.; Blackman, Lucy, contributor.; Burke, Jamie, contributor.; Frugone, Alberto, contributor.; Mukhopadhyay, Tito Rajarshi, contributor.; Rubin, Sue, contributor.
2005
RC553.A88
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Title
Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone / Douglas Biklen.
Author
Biklen, Douglas, author.
ISBN
9780814739105
DOI
https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814739105.001.0001
Published
New York, NY : : New York University Press, [2005]
Copyright
©2005
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.18574/nyu/9780814739105.001.0001 doi
Call Number
RC553.A88
Dewey Decimal Classification
616.85/882
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.
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Attfield, Richard, contributor.
Biklen, Douglas, contributor.
Bissonnette, Larry, contributor.
Bissonnette, Larry, contributor.
Blackman, Lucy, contributor.
Blackman, Lucy, contributor.
Burke, Jamie, contributor.
Frugone, Alberto, contributor.
Mukhopadhyay, Tito Rajarshi, contributor.
Rubin, Sue, contributor.
Series
Qualitative Studies in Psychology ; ; 3
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New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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print 9780814799277
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Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Framing Autism
2. I. An Introduction to Sue Rubin
II. A Conversation with Leo Kanner
3. I. An Introduction to Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay
II. Questions and Answers
4. I. An Introduction to Lucy Blackman
II. Reflections On Language
5. I. An Introduction to Larry Bissonnette
II. Letters Ordered through Typing Produce the Story of an Artist Stranded on the Island of Autism
6. I. An Introduction to Alberto Frugone
II. Salient Moments in the Life of Alberto, as a Child, a Youth, a Young Man
7. I. Introduction to Richard Attfield
II. The Colour of Rich
8. I. The World as I'd Like It to Be
II. The Myth of the Person Alone
Bibliography
Index
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