Hollin, G. orcid.org/0000-0003-4348-8272 (2016) Social studies of autism. In: eLS (Encyclopedia of Life Sciences). Wiley ISBN 9780470015902
Abstract
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by socio-communicative impairments and restricted interests and repetitive behaviours. While autism is today diagnosed in approximately 1 in 100 children, and retrospectively observed throughout history, it was described for the first time only in the 1940s and seen only rarely until more recently still. Broad social, and specific scientific, developments led to the contemporary form and shape of autism. Social developments include the advent of psychology, the onset of compulsory education and the widespread deinstitutionalisation that occurred in the 1960s. Consideration of scientific change is centred on the move away from psychoanalytic concepts and towards the methods of biology and cognitive psychology. These changes are placed into dialogue with the self-advocacy movement and consideration of the ethical and conceptual challenges that these movements have ushered in.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
Keywords: | Autism; History of the human sciences; Neurodiversity; Bioethics; Disability Studies; Psychoanalysis; Psychology; Neuroscience; Genetics |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 08 Mar 2022 08:57 |
Last Modified: | 08 Mar 2022 08:57 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/9780470015902.a0026603 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:184405 |