{"product_id":"multiple-autisms-spectrums-of-advocacy-and-genomic-science-paperback-softback-9780816698318","title":"Multiple Autisms; Spectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816698318","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMultiple Autisms\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSpectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJennifer S. Singh (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816698318\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 December 2015\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages, 6\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 3.8 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jennifer Singh brilliantly elaborates the complex story of how autism science has evolved to give preference to genetic explanations and is driven by advances in microarray technologies. Her analysis is informed by a multidimensional perspective, drawing from her own expert understanding of the scientific research and extensive interviewing with scientists, activists, parents, and people with autism. \u003ci\u003eMultiple Autisms\u003c\/i\u003e is pathbreaking scholarship that raises urgently important questions about how the research community and other constituencies narrow our understandings of autism as a human condition.\"-Kristin Bumiller, Amherst College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Scholars of medical sociology, rhetoric, and broader medical humanities alike would benefit greatly from Singh’s text. Now, as biological sciences advance in areas of genomics–and as the popularity of genetic and genomic databases among researchers surely grows–\u003ci\u003eMultiple Autisms\u003c\/i\u003e will prove to provide important early insights into how these changes matter for those perennially on the receiving end of these multiplying and complex diagnoses.\"-\u003ci\u003eMedical Humanities\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMultiple Autisms\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to the autism literature and deserves to be read, not least by those conducting and funding genomics research. It is a well-written and accessible book that showcases the utility and ongoing relevance of thought styles in understanding modern science and medicine.\"-\u003ci\u003eSocial History of Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMultiple Autisms\u003c\/i\u003e offers a compelling examination of the biosocial world of autism genetics and genomics, introducing readers to the array of social actors, organizations, technologies and materials that are involved in the constitution of the category of autism today.\"-\u003ci\u003eCanadian Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Singh’s \u003ci\u003eMultiple Autisms\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to understanding the making of genetic models of thought in autism research and beyond.\"-\u003ci\u003eOral History Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This ambitious work serves as a strong example of sociological research with interdisciplinary implications. It would be a timely addition to courses in medical sociology, the sociology of science and knowledge, and social movement studies.\"-\u003ci\u003eAmerican Journal of Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIs 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 \u003ci\u003eMultiple Autisms,\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2004, when Singh began her research, the prevalence of autism was reported as 1 in 150 children. Ten years later, the number had jumped to 1 in 100, with the disorder five times more common in boys than in girls. Meanwhile the diagnosis changed to “autistic spectrum disorders,” and investigations began to focus more on genomics than genetics, less on single genes than on hundreds of interacting genes. \u003ci\u003eMultiple Autisms\u003c\/i\u003e charts this shift and its consequences through nine years of ethnographic observations, analysis of scientific and related literatures, and morethan seventy interviews with autism scientists, parents of children with autism, and people on the autism spectrum. The book maps out the social history of parental activism in autism genetics, the scientific optimism about finding a gene for autism and the subsequent failure, and the cost in personal and social terms of viewing and translating autism through a genomic lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow is genetic information useful to people living with autism? By considering this question alongside the scientific and social issues that autism research raises, Singh’s work shows us the true reach and implications of a genomic gaze.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Multiple Ways of Viewing Autism\u003cbr\u003e1. Defining, Counting, Contesting: Changes in Diagnosis, Prevalence, and Advocacy\u003cbr\u003e2. Parent Advocacy and the Rise of Autism Genetics Research\u003cbr\u003e3. No Single Gene for Autism: The Emergence of Genomic Styles of Thought\u003cbr\u003e4. Simplex Families, Complex Exchanges: Why Parents Participate in an Autism Genomic Database\u003cbr\u003e5. Living with Autism: Perspectives of Adults on the Spectrum\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: A Spectrum of Knowledge Production\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eAppendix: Methods\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52570086441240,"sku":"9780816698318","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/multiple-autisms-spectrums-of-advocacy-and-genomic-science-paperback-softback-9780816698318","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}