Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness

by Melanie Yergeau

Book Overview

In Authoring Autism M. Remi Yergeau defines neurodivergence as an identity-neuroqueerness-rather than an impairment. Using a queer theory framework, Yergeau notes the stereotypes that deny autistic people their humanity and the chance to define themselves while also challenging cognitive studies scholarship and its reification of the neurological passivity of autistics. They also critique early intensive behavioral interventions-which have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822370204
• ISBN13: 9780822370208
• Release Date: January 2018
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"