{"id":95,"date":"2019-03-22T12:12:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T12:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/?page_id=95"},"modified":"2019-03-25T14:44:41","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T14:44:41","slug":"topics-for-discussion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/topics-for-discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Topics for Discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You might want to use the following topics for discussion in groups, or ideas for basing assignments on. These may be introduced after watching the videos on the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/\"><strong>Perspectives on Autism<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Please note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the links to web pages, clips, and papers are not endorsements from The Autism Centre. There are wide ranging opinions and the resources are intended to stimulate healthy debate rather than provide any concrete \u2018answers\u2019. However, should you wish to get Dr Luke Beardon&#8217;s opinions, his various musings can be found on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autism\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Luke&#8217;s website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>Language \/terminology<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are several ways in which autism is referred to within the debate. The following identify a range of sources that are useful in discussing person first language, and models of disability in relation to autism:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ollibean.com\/person-attitude-trumps-language\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/ollibean.com\/person-attitude-trumps-language\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/themighty.com\/2015\/08\/am-i-autistic-or-do-i-have-autism\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/themighty.com\/2015\/08\/am-i-autistic-or-do-i-have-autism\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/j.1548-1352.2009.01080.x\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bagatell, N. (2010), From Cure to Community: Transforming Notions of Autism. Ethos, 38: 33\u201355<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/autisticuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/AUTISTIC-UK-NEED-TO-KNOW-1-IS-AUTISM-A-DISORDER.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beardon, L. (2007). Is Autism a Disorder<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/1362361315588200\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kenny, L., Hattersley, C., Molins, B., Buckley, C., Povey, C., Pellicano, E. (2015) \u2018Which terms should be used to describe autism? Perspectives from the UK autism community\u2019 Autism, Vol 20, Issue 4, pp. 442 \u2013 462<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/10428232.2013.740406\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Krcek, T. (2013) Deconstructing Disability and Neurodiversity: Controversial Issues for Autism and Implications for Social Work Journal of Progressive Human Services Vol. 24 , Iss. 1<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beardon, L. (2008). \u2018Is Autism really a disorder part two \u2013 theory of mind? Rethink how we think\u2019. Journal of Inclusive Practice in Further and higher Education, 1: 19 \u2013 21<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Critical Debates<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is autism a disorder, impairment, condition, disability, or something else?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are the arguments for and against different terms used to \u2018describe\u2019 autism?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Should autism be positioned within a social or medical model of disability \u2013 or both, or neither?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might want to use the following topics for discussion in groups, or ideas for basing assignments on. These may be introduced after watching the videos on the Perspectives on Autism page. Please note: the links to web pages, clips, and papers are not endorsements from The Autism Centre. There are wide ranging opinions and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/topics-for-discussion\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Topics for Discussion<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-95","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9obFE-1x","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/autismlearningresource\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}