10 articles in this issue
Laurence Arnold
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Damian Elgin Maclean Milton
When reviewing research related to autism, it is clear that it is dominated by biological and psychological concerns, with autism being defined as a developmental deviance, dysfunction, and deficit. Much of this research assumes a functionalist phil... see more
Nicholas Paul Chown
Thirty years ago Stephen Jay Gould wrote under the banner of The Mismeasure of Man about the use of science to justify a subordinate role for women, poor people, and black people based on an unfounded thesis that itwas natural. Twenty years ago, in her ar... see more
Dinah Murray
This paper could be seen as a case study with a follow-up eighteen years on. But it is about a named person and, then and now, is written as co-participant observational narrative. Ferenc Virag is the autistic artist whose work and whose friendship ... see more
Amanda M Baggs
A list of autistic authors, previously published on autistics.org.This was originally part of the library of articles available on the Autistics.org web site and therefore the references are not to any particular academic style. Although the list is... see more
Jim Sinclair
Originally published on the authors web site in 1999 this article still provides an antidote to the often prescribed use of people first language. The article belongs in Autonomy as a constant source of reference to all future authors and subscribers.
Ever since ‘The Rainman’, the notion of the ‘autistic savant’ has gripped the popular imagination. The savant makes appearances in both fiction and documentary, and Pat Howlin has estimated that some 10% of autistic people possess the trait. This article ... see more
A review of "Autistic Company" by R Hendriks
A review of "Autism a Social and Medical History" by Mitzi Waltz
Caroline Henthorne