Autism and the Culture of Therapy - (Disability Culture and Politics) by Julia Gruson-Wood (Hardcover)
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- The first empirical study of applied behavior therapies for autism interventions.
- About the Author: Julia Gruson-Wood is a research partnership officer at the University of Toronto, Scarborough and an adjunct faculty member in the Social Practice and Transformational Change program at the University of Guelph.
- 250 Pages
- Family + Relationships, Autism Spectrum Disorders
- Series Name: Disability Culture and Politics
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The first empirical study of applied behavior therapies for autism interventions. Applied behavior therapies are highly proscriptive and controversial evidence-based autism interventions that have, in many settings, become the standard of care. Autism and the Culture of Therapy is the first empirical study of applied behavior therapies. To understand such therapies, they must be assessed in everyday practice, through multiple interpretations, ethical frameworks, and applications. Julia Gruson-Wood examines how applied behavior checklists, forms, protocols, and plans shape professional consciousness, how managerial governance strategically appropriates clinical data, how the rise of para-practitioners democratizes science, and how gender, sexuality, and identity politics imbue clinical practice and social responses to autism. Drawing on Ontario as a case study, Autism and the Culture of Therapy reveals the fascinating and complex workplace culture of therapy providers, telling the story of a clinical field that has risen along with rates of autism diagnosis, and redefined what autism means.About the Author
Julia Gruson-Wood is a research partnership officer at the University of Toronto, Scarborough and an adjunct faculty member in the Social Practice and Transformational Change program at the University of Guelph.Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W)
Weight: 1.0 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 250
Genre: Family + Relationships
Sub-Genre: Autism Spectrum Disorders
Series Title: Disability Culture and Politics
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Format: Hardcover
Author: Julia Gruson-Wood
Language: English
Street Date: December 8, 2025
TCIN: 1006061086
UPC: 9780774870771
Item Number (DPCI): 247-33-8861
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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