Autism in Translation An Intercultural Conversation on Autism Spectrum Conditions /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Fein, Elizabeth (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rios, Clarice (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Culture, Mind, and Society
• Subjects: Cross-cultural psychology.; Medical anthropology.; Neuropsychology.; Child psychiatry.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Medical Anthropology.; Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Autism is a complex phenomenon that is both individual and social. Showing both robust similarities and intriguing differences across cultural contexts, the autism spectrum raises innumerable questions about self, subjectivity, and society in a globalized world. Yet it is often misrepresented as a p...