Autism and Gender

Autorentext

Jordynn Jack is an associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She is the author of "Science on the Home Front: The Rhetoric of Women Scientists during World War II."

Zusammenfassung
The reasons behind the increase in autism diagnoses have become hotly contested in the media as well as within the medical, scholarly, and autistic communities. This book focuses on the ways gender influences popular discussion and understanding of autism's causes and effects.