Fruitful connections can be made between Disability Studies and post-conflict transitional
justice, two areas of scholarship concerned with human rights and the impacts of violence …

ABSTRACT A growing body of research is examining the role of cyberactivism in facilitating
social movements. Yet, few have considered the interplay between cyberactivism and …

Applied behavioural therapies are widely adopted interventions that have become the
standard of healthcare and expert knowledge for autistic people in Canada. These therapies …

This chapter explores the ethical controversy that underpins the 'treatment versus
acceptance'debate with regard to autism. It proposes a new analytical framework, structured …

Purpose: Due to the developmental nature of autism, which is often diagnosed in preschool
or elementary school-aged children, non-autistic parents of autistic children typically play a …

In “Don't Mourn for Us,” a letter to parents of autistic children, self-advocate Jim Sinclair
(1993) contests the belief that autism is the barrier behind which lies a “normal” child …

A partir do enquadramento da normalidade enquanto fenómeno social, exploramos o papel
de controlo desempenhado por mecanismos institucionais. Para este efeito, consideram-se …

Lynn Kern Koegel, Ph. D. es una de las expertas más destacadas en el tratamiento del
autismo. Ella y su esposo fundaron el famoso Centro de Investigación sobre el Autismo en …

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the lived experiences and first-person
perspectives of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with respect to …

Temple Grandin is the most well-known and well-respected consultant to CAFOs (confined
animal feeding operations, also referred to as “factory farms”) about how they can produce …