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Journal article of the type Theoretical development ( ; english)
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This article explores the definition of Critical Autism Studies and its inclusion in autistic scholarship. There has been critique of recent non-autistic literature for lacking autistic authorship, leading to doubts about its epistemological integrity due to misrepresentations of autistic culture and the neurodiversity movement. This article utilises the work of Arnold, Milton and O’Dell et al. to introduce an emancipatory definition to ensure the discipline is autistic led. In the process, we discuss the nature of autism studies and what constitutes critical literature. We propose Waltz’s interpretation of Critical Autism Studies as a working definition.
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Anon. (2017). "Definition of Critical." Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster Incorporated: Springfield. (Source)
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L. Arnold* (2013). "Introduction to the Second Edition." Autonomy, the Critical Journal of Interdisciplinary Autism Studies, 1(2).
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L. Arnold* (2016). "Rethinking Autism, Diagnosis, Identity and Equality." Good Autism Practice, 17(2).
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W. Arnold (2017). "Review of Re-Thinking Autism: Diagnosis, Identity and Equality (Timimi, Mallett Runswick-Cole Eds.)." Autonomy, the Critical Journal of Interdisciplinary Autism Studies, 1(5).
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J. Davidson, M. Orsini, eds. (2013). "Worlds of Autism: Across the Spectrum of Neurological Difference." Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press.
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S. Graby* (2015). "Neurodiversity: Bridging the Gap between the Disabled People’s Movement and the Mental Health System Survivors’ Movement." In Madness, Distress and the Politics of Disablement, edited by H. Spandler, J. Anderson, B. Sapey. Bristol: Policy Press.
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P. Hunt, ed. (1966). "Stigma: The Experience of Disability." London: Geoffrey Chapman.
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D. Milton* (2014b). "Autism: A Social and Medical History." Disability & Society, 29(6). doi:10.1080/09687599.2014.905281
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D. Milton* (2016). "Re-Thinking Autism: Diagnosis, Identity and Equality." Disability & Society, 31(10). doi:10.1080/09687599.2016.1221666
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L. O'Dell, H. Bertilsdotter Rosqvist*, F. Ortega, C. Brownlow, M. Orsini (2016). "Critical Autism Studies: Exploring Epistemic Dialogues and Intersections, Challenging Dominant Understandings of Autism." Disability & Society, 31(2). doi:10.1080/09687599.2016.1164026
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K. Runswick-Cole, R. Mallett, S. Timimi, eds. (2016). "Re-Thinking Autism: Diagnosis, Identity and Equality." London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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J. Sinclair (1993/2012). "Don’t Mourn for Us." Autonomy, the Critical Journal of Interdisciplinary Autism Studies, 1(1).
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L. Strand (2017). "Charting Relations between Intersectionality Theory and the Neurodiversity Paradigm." Disability Studies Quarterly, 37(2). (Source)
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M. Waltz (2014). "Worlds of Autism: Across the Spectrum of Neurological Difference." Disability & Society, 29(8). doi:10.1080/09687599.2014.934064
This resource is cited in 2 resources referenced on the site:
- Vishnu Nair & coll. (2024, en), "Is neurodiversity a Global Northern White paradigm?".
- David Jackson-Perry (2024, en), "Critical Autism Studies: Roots and branches".
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