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" Autism in a decentered world / "
Alice Wexler.
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BL
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842799
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| Main Entry
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Wexler, Alice,1942-
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Autism in a decentered world /\ Alice Wexler.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Routledge,, 2016.
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| Series Statement
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Routledge advances in disability studies ;; 8
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xviii, 261 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm.
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1138818577
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: 9781138818576
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9781315745152
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9781317594321
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Part I: Theories of Selfhood -- 1. Beyond The Cognitive (Cartesian) "I" -- 2. Constructing Autism Narratives -- 3. On Language and Autism -- 4. Augmentative and Alternative Communication -- 5. Constructions of the Autism Label and the Autistic Identity -- Part II: The Artist's Identity -- 6. Emerging from Anonymity -- 7. Gerone Spruill -- 8. Dan Miller -- 9. William Scott -- 10. R.B., Gender, and Policy.
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"Autistic people are empirically and scientifically generalized as living in a fragmented, alternate reality, without a coherent continuous self. In Part I, this book presents recent neuropsychological research and its implications for existing theories of autism, selfhood, and identity, challenging common assumptions about the formation and structure of the autistic self and autism's relationship to neurotypicality. Through several case studies in Part II, the book explores the ways in which artists diagnosed with autism have constructed their identities through participation within art communities and cultures, and how the concept of self as 'story' can be utilized to better understand the neurological differences between autism and typical cognition." -- Publisher's website
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Autism.
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Autism.
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Autistic Disorder
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616.85/882
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RC553.A88W456 2016
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2016 D-829
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WM 203.5
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