Autism in a Decentered World

ISBN-13: 9780815381884 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 262 str.

Alice Wexler

Opis

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.

Spis treści

Introduction 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

O autorze

Alice Wexler is Professor Emeritus of Art Education at SUNY New Paltz, USA.