Dis/Orientating Autism, Childhood, and Dis/Ability: Developing Social Theory for Disabled Childhoods

by Jill Pluquailec

This book considers the many ways autistic lives have been dominantly storied historically, politically, socially, and culturally. Using a range of transdisciplinary theory, the author develops a theoretically rich approach termed 'dis/orientation', which breaks new ground for autism research's understanding of everyday life, and everyday childhoods. The book uses stories of everyday life to provoke new analyses of what it means to talk about,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031092732
• ISBN13: 9783031092732
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.3"