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Often thought of as a predominantly 'male' disorder, autism has
long gone unidentified, unnoticed and unsupported in girls -
sometimes with devastating consequences for their social and mental
well-being. As current research reveals a much more balanced
male-to-female ratio in autism, this book provides crucial insight
into autistic girls' experiences, helping professionals to
recognize, understand, support and teach them effectively. Drawing
on the latest research findings, chapters consider why girls have
historically been overlooked by traditional diagnostic approaches,
identifying behaviours that may be particular to girls, and
exploring the 'camouflaging' that can make the diagnosis of
autistic girls more difficult. Chapters emphasize both the
challenges and advantages of autism and take a multidisciplinary
approach to encompass contributions from autistic girls and women,
their family members, teachers, psychologists and other
professionals. The result is an invaluable source of first-hand
insights, knowledge and strategies, which will enable those living
or working with girls on the autism spectrum to provide more
informed and effective support. Giving voice to the experiences,
concerns, needs and hopes of girls on the autism spectrum, this
much-needed text will provide parents, teachers and other
professionals with essential information to help them support and
teach autistic girls more effectively.
Many linguists and philosophers of language explain linguistic
meaning in terms of truth conditions. This book focuses on the
meanings of expressions that escape such truth-conditional
treatment, in particular the concessives: "but," "even if," and
"although." Corinne Iten proposes semantic analyses of these
expressions based on the cognitive framework of relevance theory. A
thoroughly cognitive approach to linguistic meaning is presented in
which linguistic forms are seen as mapping onto mental entities,
rather than individuals and properties in the real world.
Researchers and advanced students in pragmatics will find this
account lucid, clear and accessible.
The main argument of this book is that the notion of truth plays no
role in speaker-hearers' interpretation of linguistic utterances
and that it is not needed for theoretical accounts of linguistic
meaning either. The theoretical argument is developed in the first
part, while the second part supports it with cognitive
relevance-theoretic, rather than truth-based, analyses of the
'concessive' expressions but, although and even if .
Ten leading scholars provide exacting research results and a
reliable and accessible introduction to the new field of optimality
theoretic pragmatics. The book includes a general introduction that
overviews the foundations of this new research paradigm. The book
is intended to satisfy the needs of students and professional
researchers interested in pragmatics and optimality theory, and
will be of particular interest to those exploring the interfaces of
formal pragmatics with grammar, semantics, philosophy of language,
information theory and cognitive psychology.
Ten leading scholars provide exacting research results and a
reliable and accessible introduction to the new field of optimality
theoretic pragmatics. The book includes a general introduction that
overviews the foundations of this new research paradigm. The book
is intended to satisfy the needs of students and professional
researchers interested in pragmatics and optimality theory, and
will be of particular interest to those exploring the interfaces of
formal pragmatics with grammar, semantics, philosophy of language,
information theory and cognitive psychology.
Based on Francesca Happe's best-selling textbook, Autism: An
Introduction to Psychological Theory, this completely new edition
provides a concise overview of contemporary psychological theories
about autism. Fletcher-Watson and Happe explore the relationship
between theories of autism at psychological (cognitive), biological
and behavioural levels, and consider their clinical and educational
impact. The authors summarise what is known about the biology and
behavioural features of autism, and provide concise but
comprehensive accounts of all influential psychological models
including 'Theory of Mind' (ToM) models, early social development
models and alternative information processing models such as 'weak
central coherence' theory. The book also discusses more recent
attempts to understand autism, including the 'Double Empathy
Problem' and Bayesian theories. In each case, the authors describe
the theory, review the evidence and provide critical analysis of
its value and impact. Recognising the multiplicity of theoretical
views, and rapidly changing nature of autism research, each chapter
considers current debates and major questions that remain for the
future. Importantly, the book includes the voices of autistic
people, including parents and practitioners, who were asked to
provide commentaries on each chapter, helping to contextualise
theory and research evidence with accounts of real-life experience.
The book embraces neurodiversity whilst recognising the real needs
of autistic people and their families. Thus Autism: A New
Introduction to Psychological Theory and Current Debate provides
the reader with a critical overview of psychological theory but
also embeds this within community perspectives, making it a
relevant and progressive contribution to understanding autism, and
essential reading for students and practitioners across
educational, clinical and social settings.
Based on Francesca Happe's best-selling textbook, Autism: An
Introduction to Psychological Theory, this completely new edition
provides a concise overview of contemporary psychological theories
about autism. Fletcher-Watson and Happe explore the relationship
between theories of autism at psychological (cognitive), biological
and behavioural levels, and consider their clinical and educational
impact. The authors summarise what is known about the biology and
behavioural features of autism, and provide concise but
comprehensive accounts of all influential psychological models
including 'Theory of Mind' (ToM) models, early social development
models and alternative information processing models such as 'weak
central coherence' theory. The book also discusses more recent
attempts to understand autism, including the 'Double Empathy
Problem' and Bayesian theories. In each case, the authors describe
the theory, review the evidence and provide critical analysis of
its value and impact. Recognising the multiplicity of theoretical
views, and rapidly changing nature of autism research, each chapter
considers current debates and major questions that remain for the
future. Importantly, the book includes the voices of autistic
people, including parents and practitioners, who were asked to
provide commentaries on each chapter, helping to contextualise
theory and research evidence with accounts of real-life experience.
The book embraces neurodiversity whilst recognising the real needs
of autistic people and their families. Thus Autism: A New
Introduction to Psychological Theory and Current Debate provides
the reader with a critical overview of psychological theory but
also embeds this within community perspectives, making it a
relevant and progressive contribution to understanding autism, and
essential reading for students and practitioners across
educational, clinical and social settings.
Often thought of as a predominantly 'male' disorder, autism has
long gone unidentified, unnoticed and unsupported in girls -
sometimes with devastating consequences for their social and mental
well-being. As current research reveals a much more balanced
male-to-female ratio in autism, this book provides crucial insight
into autistic girls' experiences, helping professionals to
recognize, understand, support and teach them effectively. Drawing
on the latest research findings, chapters consider why girls have
historically been overlooked by traditional diagnostic approaches,
identifying behaviours that may be particular to girls, and
exploring the 'camouflaging' that can make the diagnosis of
autistic girls more difficult. Chapters emphasize both the
challenges and advantages of autism and take a multidisciplinary
approach to encompass contributions from autistic girls and women,
their family members, teachers, psychologists and other
professionals. The result is an invaluable source of first-hand
insights, knowledge and strategies, which will enable those living
or working with girls on the autism spectrum to provide more
informed and effective support. Giving voice to the experiences,
concerns, needs and hopes of girls on the autism spectrum, this
much-needed text will provide parents, teachers and other
professionals with essential information to help them support and
teach autistic girls more effectively.
In this strikingly honest collection, developed from a pioneering
new research project, autistic teachers and other autistic school
professionals share their stories of the challenges and successes
of their careers. Contributors challenge assumptions and
stereotypes whilst highlighting the unique strengths autistic staff
can bring to schools when their own needs are accommodated. The
book explores exclusion and identity, understanding and acceptance,
intersectionality and facilitating inclusion. It also celebrates
the positives that come with being an autistic teacher, such as
relating to neurodivergent pupils and conveying passion and
enthusiasm for a subject through intense interests, or
demonstrating particular skills in school leadership. It examines
how workplace set up can sometimes exclude autistic individuals and
lead to skilled teachers and those in other education roles,
including visiting professionals, leaving the profession, and sets
out the accommodations that can prevent this from happening.
Children with autism often have an intense natural musicality. This
book explains how music and language 'work' as systems of
communication, and why music holds such a fascination for many
young people on the autism spectrum. There are strategies for
showing how music can be used to support language development and
even substitute for verbal communication. Exploring the progression
from a young child's intuitive engagement with music, to using it
as a scaffold for communication, socialisation and understanding,
the book illustrates, through the use of detailed case studies, how
music nurtures a sense of self and provides a positive outlet to
express inner thoughts and feelings without resorting to
challenging or even destructive behaviours. Presenting an
innovative approach to the use of music with people on the autism
spectrum, this book will be a fascinating resource for speech and
language therapists, music therapists, occupational therapists,
teachers, teaching assistants, educational psychologists, carers
and parents of people with autism.
Autism is a fascinating yet perplexing disorder that continues to
intrigue researchers and clinicians studying brain and behavior. In
this lucid and elegant book, Francesca Happe provides a concise
overview of current psychological theory and research that
synthesizes the established work on the biological foundations,
cognitive characteristics, and behavioral manifestations of this
disorder. She focuses her discussion on the cognitive approaches
that deal with both thought and feeling--those hypotheses that link
brain to action, deepen our understanding of the autistic person's
view of the world, and offer better approaches to effectively
managing the behavior of people with autism struggling to live in
our world. The book reviews the latest research into the
communication, socialization, and imagination impairments in
autism, and further distinguishes the levels of severity in the
spectrum of autistic disorders. Happe also includes a discussion of
the talented few--high-functioning autistic individuals with
Asperger's syndrome--and of the many childhood behavioral
disorders, unrelated to autism, that manifest autistic-like
symptoms. Autism is an important and much-needed contribution to
the literature. It will be valued by parents and teachers of
autistic children as well as by students and researchers interested
in disorders of language and communication.
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