Multiple autisms : spectrums of advocacy and genomic science /
Is there a gene for autism? Despite a billion-dollar, twenty-year effort to find out, no single autism gene has been identified. In Multiple Autisms, Jennifer S. Singh sets out to discover how autism emerged as a genetic disorder and how this affects those who study and live with autism. This is the...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
[2016]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: Multiple Ways of Viewing Autism
- 1 Defining, Counting, Contesting: Changes in Diagnosis, Prevalence, and Advocacy
- 2 Parent Advocacy and the Rise of Autism Genetics Research
- 3 No Single Gene for Autism: The Emergence of Genomic Styles of Thought
- 4 Simplex Families, Complex Exchanges: Why Parents Participate in an Autism Genomic Database
- 5 Living with Autism: Perspectives of Adults on the Spectrum
- Conclusion: A Spectrum of Knowledge Production.