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The Autists

By Clara Tornvall

The Autists Medicine

The Autists

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An incisive and deeply candid account that explores autistic women in culture, myth, and society through the prism of the author's own diagnosis. Until the 1980s, autism was regarded as a condition found mostly in boys. Even in our time, autistic girls and women have largely remained undiagnosed. When portrayed in popular culture, women on the spectrum often appear simply as copies of their male counterparts - talented and socially awkward. Yet autistic women exist, and always have. They are varied in their interests and in their experiences. Autism may be relatively new as a term and a diagnosis, but not as a way of being and functioning in the world. It has always been part of the human condition. So who are these women, and what does it mean to see the world through their eyes?In The Autists, Clara Törnvall reclaims the language to describe autism and explores the autistic experience in arts and culture throughout history. From popular culture, films, and photography to literature, opera, and ballet, she dares to ask what it might mean to re-read these works through an autistic lens - what we might discover if we allow perspectives beyond the neurotypical to take centre stage.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
224
Release Date:
2023-06-08
Publication Date:
2023-06-08
Publisher:
Scribe Publications
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1914484819
ISBN13:
9781914484810
Weight:
239 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
211 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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