Autism
A Social and Medical History
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Beschreibung
This expanded second edition of Mitzi Waltz’s Autism: A Social and Medical History offers an in-depth examination of how the condition was perceived before it became a separate area of investigation, and how autism has been conceptualised and treated since. As well as strengthening the existing text, Waltz has added material on a number of topics that have received increased attention since the first edition, including the rise of the anti-vaccination movement, the shift towards genetic and genomic research, and the progress of the autism self-advocacy movement.
The author examines these issues through the perspective of what they mean for autistic people, clinicians and society, and looks at the challenges still faced by autistic people. Waltz also looks at the increased autism diagnosis among girls and women, and how autism has been represented in traditional media and social media. The book includes information from interviews with key researchers, parents of autistic children and people with autism.
This expanded second edition of Mitzi Waltz’s Autism: A Social and Medical History offers an in-depth examination of how the condition was perceived before it became a separate area of investigation, and how autism has been conceptualised and treated since. As well as strengthening the existing text, Waltz has added material on a number of topics that have received increased attention since the first edition, including the rise of the anti-vaccination movement, the shift towards genetic and genomic research, and the progress of the autism self-advocacy movement.
The author examines these issues through the perspective of what they mean for autistic people, clinicians and society, and looks at the challenges still faced by autistic people. Waltz also looks at the increased autism diagnosis among girls and women, and how autism has been represented in traditional media and social media. The book includes information from interviews with key researchers, parents of autistic children and people with autism.
Applies a critical disability studies perspective to the social and medical history of autism Includes material from interviews with researchers, parents of autistic children Will be of interest to researchers in medical sociology and anthropology, disability studies and medical history
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Mitzi Waltz
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autism disability history of medicine sociology autism spectrum disorders history of autism behaviourism neurodiversity medical humanities health humanities social construction of autism
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“Mitzi’s revised edition of Autism: A Social and Medical History is scholarly, accessible, timely and thoroughly researched and updated. Discussion of the historical context is invaluable to assist in our understanding of, often alarming, ways in which society has responded to autism over time, but it is the inclusion of autistic voices which is most illuminating and helpful for readers seeking to understand autism from the perspectives of autistic people. These influential perspectives signal progress from ubiquitous and often damaging clinical approaches, which medicalise and pathologise autism, towards listening to autistic people about their own lived experience in order to understand ways in which society could be more inclusive. Mitzi has a long history of collaborating with autistic colleagues and her approach in this book is testament to her allyship and ability to really listen, understand and contribute to informed societal change. Mitzi makes the point that autism researchers really need to understand the priorities of autistic people and this book, which is compulsory reading for MA Education-Autism students at London South Bank University, would certainly help in this regard.” (Nicola Martin, School of Law and Social Sciences, London South Bank University, UK)
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