autism – Social Text

PreOccupied

Julia Miele Rodas

The latest incarnation of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM5, proposes yet again a shifting and redefining of autism, migrating and merging allied diagnostic categories and simultaneously arousing an astonishing public response, both positive and negative. … Continue reading “PreOccupied”

October 24, 2013 | Features

Cruel Optimism for the Neurologically Queer

Micki McGee

Cruel optimism is the provocative concept Lauren Berlant has given to a phenomenon endemic to the present political and affective moment: the holding up of hope as a means of stifling dissent, forestalling change, and ultimately rendering any array of … Continue reading “Cruel Optimism for the Neurologically Queer”

January 13, 2013 | Features

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