This article examines how biomedicalization, the turn toward utilizing science for enhanced
control over the body and the expanded reach of medical technologies in everyday life, has …

This special issue of Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry presents six papers along the theme
of ''Conceptualizing Autism around the Globe.''This collective has several important …

The impact of robots on employment is discussed extensively, for example, within the
academic literature and the public domain. Disabled people are known to have problems …

Early childhood intervention in autism has over three decades of empirically validated study,
but has very limited qualitative analysis. There is a wealth of research in this field, but it …

This book examines the confusions and contradictions that manifest in prevalent attitudes
towards the body, as well as in related bodily practices. The body is simultaneously our …

Motivated reasoning (MR) refers to the influence wishes, desires, and preferences have on
individuals' cognitive processes including assessing, constructing, and evaluating …

Cette thèse porte sur l'expérience de la maternité dans le contexte où le jeune présente un
trouble du spectre de l'autisme (TSA). Dans l'ensemble, les études montrent avec constance …

Ever since the term autism was coined in 1911, 1 the characteristics of autism have been the
target of academic and public debates. Many studies investigated vari ous aspects of living …

Abstract Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) are characterized by significant limitations in
three main areas: social relatedness, verbal and nonverbal communication, and extremely …

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnoses have been rising rapidly in recent years and
New Zealand is just one country grappling with the policy challenges this presents …