Background: Employment is a significant factor contributing to identity and quality of life for
adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Currently, relatively little is known about the …

The neurodiversity movement challenges the medical model's interest in causation and
cure, celebrating autism as an inseparable aspect of identity. Using an online survey, we …

The development of social robots for children with autism has been a growth field for the
past 15 years. This article reviews studies in robots and autism as a neurodevelopmental …

This unique book is the first to fully explore the history of autism-from the first descriptions of
autistic-type behaviour to the present day. Features in-depth discussions with leading …

The reasons behind the increase in autism diagnoses have become hotly contested in the
media as well as within the medical, scholarly, and autistic communities. Jordynn Jack …

This chapter explores the perspectives of members of the neurodiversity movement
(NDM).'Neurodiversity'is a concept that avoids the trappings of diagnostic language that …

Purpose A key development in early adolescence is the active construction of individual
identity; for autistic young people, integrating the idea of “being autistic” forms part of this …

This book explores social constructionism and the language of mental distress. Mental
health research has traditionally been dominated by genetic and biomedical explanations …

This paper draws together empirical work that has been produced by the authors in two
different autistic spaces: the Swedish magazine Empowerment produced by and aimed at …

Contrary to views that young people with the label of autism are incapable of engaging in
collective cultural practice, this article examines how they construct identities through social …