The Role of Autism in Shaping Society

Informationen zum Autor John Lawson is a senior research associate at the Autism Research Centre within the University of Cambridge. He is also a senior lecturer at Oxford Brookes University and the Director of Studies for Social Science at Girton College Cambridge. For the past seven years he has been working with Simon Baron-Cohen on issues related to the cognitive conceptualization of autism and its extension into the general population. Klappentext This book expands on a new cognitive theory which argues that what we see in autism is an extreme form of a tendency that exists in all people, and further, that this tendency is stronger in males. Given the influence that males have had in shaping (western) society it begs the question - how has this greater tendency in males manifested in the social structures, norms and values that structure our society? Zusammenfassung Looks at the conditions that make up the autism spectrum in terms of characteristics, diagnosis and prevalence. This book discusses the problematic issue of how we should conceptualize the spectrum. It combines perspectives from psychiatry, psychology, philosophy and sociology to provide an account of the autism spectrum. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Autism Spectrum. Cognitive Explanations. The Depth Accessibility Difficulties Model. Experimental Support for the DAD Model. Implications on the Psychological Level. Implications on the Societal Level. Key Areas in More Depth. Conclusions

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This book expands on a new cognitive theory which argues that what we see in autism is an extreme form of a tendency that exists in all people, and further, that this tendency is stronger in males. Given the influence that males have had in shaping (western) society it begs the question - how has this greater tendency in males manifested in the social structures, norms and values that structure our society?

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Looks at the conditions that make up the autism spectrum in terms of characteristics, diagnosis and prevalence. This book discusses the problematic issue of how we should conceptualize the spectrum. It combines perspectives from psychiatry, psychology, philosophy and sociology to provide an account of the autism spectrum.

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The Autism Spectrum. Cognitive Explanations. The Depth Accessibility Difficulties Model. Experimental Support for the DAD Model. Implications on the Psychological Level. Implications on the Societal Level. Key Areas in More Depth. Conclusions