Attitudes towards Autism

Research

This page provides details of some of the most significant scientific studies and reviews on attitudes towards autism which have been published in English-language, peer-reviewed journals. If you know of any other studies we should include please email info@researchautism.net with the details. Thank you.

If you know of any other publications we should list on this page please email info@informationautism.org

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Related Research

• Arnold L. (2012) Autism, its relationship to science and to people with the condition. Autonomy, the Critical Journal of Interdisciplinary Autism Studies. 1(1), Read Abstract (New Window) Read Full (New Window)
  
  
• Bagatell N. (2010) From cure to community: Transforming notions of autism. Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology. Read Abstract (New Window)
  
  
• Brownlow C. (2010) Re-presenting autism: The construction of 'NT Syndrome'. Journal of Medical Humanities. 31(3), Read Abstract (New Window)
  
  
• Chambres P. et al. (2008) Adult attitudes toward behaviors of a six-year-old boy with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 38(7), Read Abstract (New Window)
  
  
• Clarke J., van Amerom G. (2008) Asperger's syndrome: differences between parents' understanding and those diagnosed. Social Work in Health Care. 46(3), Read Abstract (New Window)
  
  
• Farrugia D. (2009) Exploring stigma: medical knowledge and the stigmatisation of parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Sociology of Health and Illness. 31(7), Read Extract (New Window)
  
  
• Fleischmann A. (2005) The hero's story and autism: grounded theory study of websites for parents of children with autism. Autism. 9(3), Read Abstract (New Window)
  
  
• Gernsbacher M. A., Dawson M., Mottron L. (2006) Autism: Common, heritable, but not harmful. Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 29(4), Read Abstract (New Window) Read Full (New Window)
  
  
• Huws J. C., Jones R. S. P. (2011) Missing voices: representations of autism in British newspapers, 1999-2008. British Journal of Learning Disabilities. 39(2), Read Abstract (New Window)
  
  
• MacLeod A., Lewis A., Robertson C. (2013) Why should I be like bloody Rain Man?! Navigating the autistic identity. British Journal of Special Education. 40(1), Read Abstract (New Window)
  
  
• Milton D. E., Lyte (2012) The normalisation agenda and the psycho-emotional disablement of autistic people. Autonomy, the Critical Journal of Interdisciplinary Autism Studies. 1(1), Read Full (New Window)
  
  
• Osborne L. A., Reed P. (2008) Parents' perceptions of communication with professionals during the diagnosis of autism. Autism. 12(3), Read Abstract (New Window)
  
  
• Sinclair J. (2012) Don't mourn for us. Autonomy, the Critical Journal of Interdisciplinary Autism Studies. 1(1), Read Abstract (New Window) Read Full (New Window)
  
  

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Updated

29 Feb 2016