Autism as a form of biological citizenship
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Autism as a form of biological citizenship |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 3632 |
Book Title | Worlds of autism: across the spectrum of neurological difference |
Authors | Brownlow, Charlotte (Author) and O'Dell, Lindsay (Author) |
Editors | Davidson, Joyce and Orsini, Michael |
Page Range | 97-114 |
Chapter Number | 4 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2013 |
Publisher | University of Minnesota Press |
Place of Publication | Minneapolis, MN. United States |
ISBN | 9780816688890 |
9781452940236 | |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/worlds-of-autism |
Abstract | In this chapter, we discuss the ways in which a biological explanation of autism has been refashioned into a neurological account of neurodiversity. The neurodiversity discourse functions as a critical tool with which people with autism may engage with negative and disabling mainstream models of autism. We outline the development of the neuro diversity movement, which claims autism as a difference from (and often as a superior identity to) 'neurologically typicals' (NTs). The chapter draws on the concept of 'biological citizens' alongside a construction of neurodiversity. |
Keywords | autism; causes; diagnostic labels; intervention |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 320907. Sensory systems |
529999. Other psychology not elsewhere classified | |
520199. Applied and developmental psychology not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | © 2013 University of Minnesota Press. Published version deposited in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Psychology |
Open University, United Kingdom | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1yy4/autism-as-a-form-of-biological-citizenship
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