The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies

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This handbook provides an authoritative and up-to-date overview of Critical Autism Studies and explores the different kinds of knowledges and their articulations, similarities, and differences across cultural contexts and key tensions within this subdiscipline. Critical Autism Studies is a developing area occupying an exciting space of development within learning and teaching in higher education. It has a strong trajectory within the autistic academic and advocate community in resistance and response to the persistence of autism retaining an identity as a genetic disorder of the brain. Divided into four parts • Conceptualising autism • Autistic identity • Community and culture • Practice and comprising 24 newly commissioned chapters written by academics and activists, it explores areas of education, Critical Race Theory, domestic violence and abuse, sexuality, biopolitics, health, and social care practices. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, education, health, social care, and political science. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors Chapter 1 Critical autism studies: An introduction Part 1 Conceptualising autism Chapter 2 First there is a mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is: whither identity? Chapter 3 Critically contextualising ‘normal’ development and the construction of the autistic individual Chapter 4 Dimensions of difference Chapter 5 Heterogeneity and clustering in autism: An introduction for critical scholars Chapter 6 Rational (Pathological) Demand Avoidance: As a mental disorder and an evolving social construct Chapter 7 Community psychology as reparations for violence in the construction of autism knowledge Part 2 Autistic identity Chapter 8 Through the lens of (Black) Critical Race Theory Chapter 9 Postponing humanity: Pathologising autism, childhood and motherhood Chapter 10 ‘It sort of like gets squared’: Health professionals’ understanding of the intersection of autism and gender diversity in young people Chapter 11 Autistic young people’s sense of self and the social world: A challenge to deficit-focused characterisations Chapter 12 A personal account of neurodiversity, academia and activism Part 3 Community and culture Chapter 13 ‘Autopia’: A vision for autistic acceptance and belonging Chapter 14 The Moulin Rouge and the Rouge Moulin: Language, Cartesianism, republicanism and the construct of autism in France Chapter 15 Support on whose terms? Competing meanings of support aimed at autistic people Chapter 16 Critical autism parenting Chapter 17 “Even though I’m on the spectrum, I’m still capable of falling in love”: A Bourdieusian analysis of representations of autism and sexuality on Love on the Spectrum Chapter 18 Seeking sunflowers: The biopolitics of autism at the airport Part 4 Practice Chapter 19 Autistic identity, culture, community, and space for well-being Chapter 20 Contemplating teacher talk through a critical autism studies lens Chapter 21 Models of helping and coping with autism Chapter 22 Critical approaches to autism support practice: Engaging situated reflection and research Chapter 23 From disempowerment to well-being and flow: Enabling autistic communication in schools Chapter 24 Autistic voices in Autistic research: Towards active citizenship in Autism research Index