The Social, Cultural, and Political Discourses of Autism

Jessica Nina Lester, Michelle O'Reilly (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

199 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-024-2133-0 (ISBN)

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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.

Introduction.- Chapter 1: What is autism – a medical understanding.- Chapter 2: Historical and social construction of disability.- Chapter 3: The social, cultural, and discursive construction of autism.- Chapter 4: Meaning(s) of autism.- Chapter 5: The economic framing of mental health.- Chapter 6: Stigma and disability.- Chapter 7: Autism and inequality.- Chapter 8: Navigating school and community spaces.- Chapter 9: Unpacking the myth of Autism.- Chapter 10: Conclusions.

Erscheinungsdatum	22.11.2021
Reihe/Serie	Education, Equity, Economy ; 9
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, color; 2 Illustrations, black and white; XIV, 199 p. 3 illus., 1 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Entwicklungspsychologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
Schlagworte	autism in education • Disability and education • inclusion agenda in schools • normal and abnormal education • psychiatry and education • qualitative research on autism • social and cultural construction of disability • social and cultural construct of autism
ISBN-10	94-024-2133-5 / 9402421335
ISBN-13	978-94-024-2133-0 / 9789402421330
Zustand	Neuware