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Author Siegel, Bryna, author

Title The politics of autism / by Bryna Siegel
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xix, 325 pages) : illustrations
Contents The politics of autism -- The politics of autism diagnosis -- The psychiatric diagnosis industry : the APA and its DSM -- Autism education and the illusions of inclusion -- Educating youth with ASDs for their futures -- Autism health economics -- The allure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) -- The vaccine wars -- False prophets of the human genome
Summary This book investigates the truths and fictions of public understanding about autism, questioning apparent realities too sensitive or impolitic to challenge. Is there really more autism? How has the count expanded by diagnosing autism over other conditions? Have scientific methods in autism diagnosis gone hand-in-hand with autism increases? Are mild autism cases really a 'disorder, ' rather than personality variant? Can autism be quiescent in childhood but truly first recognizable in adulthood? Why does popular media often portray people with autism as odd geniuses ignoring the kind of autism most have? The author tackles thorny issues and perennial questions: How do we weigh likely treatment gains with treatment costs? Why does our autism education persist in teaching academic subjects some never master? Why do we fail to plan realistically for autistic adulthood? Which parents get caught up in non-mainstream 'treatments' and fear of vaccines? Readers will see an insider's view of controversies in autism research. The author challenges broad unexamined assumptions about our understanding of autism. Each chapter addresses different issues, data, and social policy recommendations. A chapter-by-chapter bibliography with URLs provides both popular media and scientific references
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 27, 2018)
Subject Autism -- Epidemiology -- Government policy -- United States
Autism -- Diagnosis -- United States
Autistic people -- Education -- United States
Autistic Disorder -- epidemiology
Public Policy
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
Autism -- Diagnosis
SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199361007
0199361002
9780199361014
0199361010