Multiple Autisms: Spectrums of Advocacy and Genomic Science

Investigates the ever-expanding meanings of autism to those who study the disorder and to those who live with it

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.