Constructing Autism

This book examines the historical and social events that enabled autism to be identified as a distinct disorder in the early twentieth century.

Majia Holmer Nadesan is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Arizona State University, USA. Her research addresses relationships across institutional forms, cultural practices and individual subjectivity.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Constructing autism; Chapter 3 Psychiatric niche conditions; Chapter 4 The history of childhood; Chapter 5 Psychological discourses construct autism; Chapter 6 Biogenetic approaches construct autism; Chapter 7 The dialectics of autism; Chapter 8 Directions in the ontology of personhood;