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Autism in a Decentered World

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Autism in a Decentered World Synopsis

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.

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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