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. Jordynn Jack suggests the
proliferating number of discussions point to autism as a rhetorical
phenomenon that engenders attempts to persuade through arguments,
appeals to emotions, and representational strategies.
In "Autism and Gender: From Refrigerator Mothers to Computer
Geeks," Jack focuses on the ways gender influences popular
discussion and understanding of autism's causes and effects. She
identifies gendered theories like the "refrigerator mother" theory,
for example, which blames emotionally distant mothers for autism,
and the "extreme male brain" theory, which links autism to the
modes of systematic thinking found in male computer geeks. Jack's
analysis reveals how people employ such highly gendered theories to
craft rhetorical narratives around stock characters--fix-it dads,
heroic mother warriors rescuing children from autism--that advocate
for ends beyond the story itself while also allowing the
storyteller to gain authority, understand the disorder, and take
part in debates.
"Autism and Gender "reveals the ways we build narratives around
controversial topics while offering new insights into the ways
rhetorical inquiry can and does contribute to conversations about
gender and disability.
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