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Autism in a Decentered World Autistic people are empirically and scientifi cally generalized as living in a fragmented, alternate reality, without a coherent continuous self. In P art I , this book presents recent neuropsychological research and its implications for existing theories of autism, selfhood, and identity, challenging com- mon assumptions about the formation and structure of the autistic self and autism’s relationship to neurotypicality. Through several case studies in Part II, the book explores the ways in which artists diagnosed with autism have constructed their identities through participation within art communi- ties and cultures, and how the concept of self as ‘story’ can be utilized to better understand the neurological differences between autism and typical cognition. This book will be of particular interest to researchers and schol- ars within the fi elds of Disability Studies, Art Education, and Art Therapy. Alice Wexler is Professor Emeritus of Art Education at SUNY New Paltz, USA . Routledge Advances in Disability Studies New Titles Disability, Avoidance and the Academy Towards a Contextual Psychology Challenging Resistance of Disablism Edited by David Bolt and Brian Watermeyer Claire Penketh Disability, Hate Crime and Autism in a Decentered World Violence Alice Wexler Edited by Alan Roulstone and Hannah Mason-Bish Forthcoming Titles Branding and Designing Disability Intellectual Disability and Being Reconceptualising Disability Studies Human Elizabeth DePoy and Stephen Gilson A Care Ethics Model Philosophical Debates Crises, Confl ict and Disability on Being Human Ensuring Equality Chrissie Rogers Edited by David Mitchell and Valerie Karr Disabled Childhood s Monitoring Differences and Disability, Spaces and Places of Emerging Identities Policy Exclusion Janice McLaughlin, Emma Clavering Edited by Karen Soldatic, Hannah and Edmund Coleman-Fountain Morgan and Alan Roulstone Changing Social Attitudes Toward Disability Perspectives from historical, cultural, and educational studies Edited by David Bolt This page intentionally left blank Inner Limits: New Encounters Science Fiction Plan Alternative Guide to the Universe of the Peace on Earth by William Scott Autism in a Decentered World Alice Wexler First published 2016 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 and by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Routledge is an imprint of the aTylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2016 Taylor & Francis The right of Alice Wexler to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by her in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark Notice : Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Library of Congerss Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Wexler, Alice, 1942- author. Title: Autism in a decentered world / by Alice Wexler. Description: New York : Routledge, 2016. | Series: Routledge advances in disability studies ; 8 Identifiers: LCCN 2015034061 | ISBN 9781138818576 (hbk) | ISBN 9781315745152 (ebk) Subjects: LCSH: Autism. Classification: LCC RC553.A88 W456 2016 | DDC 616.85/882—dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015034061 ISBN: 978-1-138-81857-6 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-315-74515-2 (ebk) Typeset in Sabon by Apex CoVantage, LLC To the Creative Growth Art Center and all the artists This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Illustrations xi Foreword by R alph James Savarese xiii Acknowledgments xvii Introduction 1 PART I Theories of Selfhood 1 Beyond the Cognitive (Cartesian) “I” 21 2 Constructing Autism Narratives 42 3 On Language and Autism 66 4 Augmentative and Alternative Communication 90 5 Constructions of the Autism Label and the Autistic Identity 117 PART II The Artist’s Identity 6 Emerging from Anonymity 149 7 Gerone Spruill 179 8 Dan Miller 201 9 William Scott 219 10 R. B., Gender, and Policy 243 Index 259 Plate
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