The metamorphosis of autism

Evans, Bonnie

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“…As described before, autism was first a way of thinking which then transformed into the lack of imaginative thinking (Evans, 2017). During this transition period, a conclusion was drawn out that the innate form of autism could best be attributed to a brain abnormality.…”

Section: Assuming the Presence Of Pathologymentioning

confidence: 89%

“…Autism should not exist to advance individuals' careers (Evans, 2017). After all, the selfconcept that people have of themselves is on the line and all individuals should see fit to choose for themselves how they wish to perceive themselves.…”

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“…This is problematic for several reasons. To begin with, social impairment isn't an entity that can be quantified (Evans, 2017). Additionally, an individual can change their behaviors through their choices thus not exhibiting the very characteristics that would bring an individual to conclude that they are autistic to begin with.…”

Section: Role Of Perception In the History Of Autismmentioning

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The cause of autism, termed by Eugen Bleuler in 1911, has not been elucidated to this day. A scientific and logical approach can be utilized to eliminate potential causes and consider ideas not thought of before. Therefore, it is proposed that literary creativity is in fact the causative agent of autism and that a biological cause of autism will never be found. This notion is substantiated through its very unscientific early history and verified with observations made by both Leo Kanner and Hans Asperger. Without a mechanism of pathology, it is suggested that perception plays a major role in both the dissemination and the cure of autism. The Chi-square test of independence of statistics was used for hypothesis testing to show the low probability that pathology is likely to be found in the word “egocentricity,” a term described to be one of the earliest precursors of autism. Therefore, due to the history of autism, autism is best defined as only a redefinition of the word “egocentricity.”

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Section: Role Of Perception In the History Of Autismmentioning

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“…1 Även barnpsy-vetenskapernas studieobjekt, begrepp, praktiker och institutioner har, som forskning tydligt visat, karakteriserats av en genomgripande föränderlighet över tid och rum (e.g. Bergenheim, 2013;Doroshow, 2019;Bonnie Evans, 2017;Larsson, 2017;Qvarsell, 1985;Shuttleworth, 2010;Weinstein, 2013;Zetterqvist Nelson, 2017) Så medan barnpsykologin och -psykiatrin sammantaget spelat en betydelsefull roll för hur barns och ungas psykiska ohälsa förståtts och hanterats så har de specifika sätten som de gjort detta på skiftat historiskt sett. En andra anledning till att studera barns och ungas psykiska ohälsa ur ett historiskt perspektiv är därför vikten av att synliggöra vilka former av barnpsy-expertis som faktiskt varit framträdande i specifika perioder och sammanhang när barns och ungas psykiska ohälsa har diskuterats och vilka experter och professionella som varit involverade.…”

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Den offentliga ohälsan : En historisk studie av barnpsykologi och -psykiatri i svensk media 1968-2008

Skagius

2020

Linköping Studies in Arts and Sciences

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ii Makii, Madeleine Wirzén och Johanna Gustafsson. Jag vill särskilt rikta stora tack till min kontorsgranne Joel Löw. Vad skulle de här åren vara utan "in and out theory", förslag på populärhistoriska omslag som skulle attrahera läsare, gin & tonics i Valencia och mångaallt för många?kaffebryggningspauser? Jag har också uppskattat att du aldrig klagat på min musik, trots att jag spelat Spotify non-stop sedan min första dag som doktorand! Jonathan Josefsson, Mathilda Hallberg och Sofia Littmarck är numera "utflugna" doktorander men de ska också ha stora tack för hjälp och råd så här under slutfasen av avhandlingsskrivandet.Min familj och mina vänner har varit ett stort stöd under den här tiden. Väldigt varma tack till mina föräldrar, Agnetha och Christer, och till min bror Anders, hans fru Sofia och deras underbart roliga, charmiga och energiska Eira! Det har alltid känts så skönt att bara kunna lämna allt jobb bakom sig och åka ner till Skåne i ett par dagar för att koppla av och koppla bort. De andningspauserna har varit guld värda! Slutligen så har ju doktorandtiden inte bara lett till den här avhandlingen. Den ledde också till att jag träffade min fantastiska sambo, Emilia. Jag vet att jag under de sista veckorna ganska ofta kommit hem och varit trött, stressad och väldigt "grumpy". Ändå har du varit så tålmodig, stöttande och påhejande och hjälpt mig sätta saker och ting i perspektiv. Jag hoppas att jag lyckas återgälda detta på samma grymma sätt när det väl är din tur att spurta i mål! Norrköping en decemberdag 2019, i granens sken och med en kopp glögg bredvid 2 4 5 7

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“…Yet they did not have an immediate effect on the child psy sciences. Rather, it was first during the 1980s and '90s that neurocentered child psychiatric and psychological explanatory frameworks and diagnoses, such as ADHD and autism, became globalized and popularized (Smith, 2013;Evans, 2017).…”

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Brains and psyches: Child psychological and psychiatric expertise in a Swedish newspaper, 1980–2008

Skagius

2019

History of the Human Sciences

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Most children and families have not had direct contact with child psychological and psychiatric experts. Instead they encounter developmental theories, etiological explanations and depictions of childhood disorders through indirect channels such as newspapers. Drawing on actor–network theory, this article explores two child psychological and psychiatric modes of ordering children’s mental health discernible in Sweden’s largest morning newspaper, Dagens Nyheter, during the years 1980 to 2008: a psychodynamic mode and a neuro-centered mode. In the article I show how these two relatively contemporaneous modes greatly differed in how they enacted children’s mental health. The psychodynamic mode stressed the parents’ role in structuring and affecting the child’s unconscious and saw them as the primary cause of any mental illness. In contrast, the neuro-centered mode highlighted that mental issues were related to the child’s brain and proposed different solutions depending on whether the child’s brain functioned in a ‘normal’ or ‘atypical’ manner. Each mode moreover suggested differing contexts to their discussions, with the psychodynamic mode solely discussing the parental milieu while the neuro-centered mode mainly focused on how society affected children with ‘atypical’ brains. The two modes thus had significantly diverging implications for the reader on how to understand and manage children and their psychological well-being. I further argue in the article for the relevance of actor–network theory in historical studies of psychology and psychiatry.

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The metamorphosis of autism

Cited by 17 publications

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Den offentliga ohälsan : En historisk studie av barnpsykologi och -psykiatri i svensk media 1968-2008

Brains and psyches: Child psychological and psychiatric expertise in a Swedish newspaper, 1980–2008

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