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. This book will be of particular interest to researchers and scholars within the fields of Disability Studies, Art Education, and Art Therapy.
ISBN: | 9780815381884 |
Publication date: | 10th September 2018 |
Author: | Alice Wexler |
Publisher: | Psychology Press an imprint of Taylor & Francis Inc |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 262 pages |
Series: | Routledge Advances in Disability Studies |
Genres: |
Educational psychology Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome Teaching of students with different educational needs Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology Psychotherapy Educational psychology Creative therapy Teaching of students with learning difficulties Moral and social purpose of education Social, group or collective psychology |