Multiple Autisms: Spectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science

Title: Multiple Autisms: Spectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science
Format: Book
Publication Date: 2016
Publisher University of Minnesota Press
Description:

Is there a gene for autism? Despite a billion-dollar, twenty-year effort to find out—and the more elusive the answer, the greater the search seems to become—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 autism and those who live with it. This is the first sustained analysis of the practices, politics, and meaning of autism genetics from a scientific, cultural, and social perspective.

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Citation:

Singh, Jennifer S. Multiple Autisms: Spectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science University of Minnesota Press, 2016, 284 pages.

Categories:
  • Agriculture, Health, and the Environment
  • History of Technology/Engineering and Society
  • U.S. Society and Politics/Policy Perspectives
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  • School of History and Sociology