{"id":1257,"date":"2017-03-01T15:15:28","date_gmt":"2017-03-01T15:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/?p=1257"},"modified":"2017-04-06T10:14:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T10:14:50","slug":"the-globalisation-of-autism-historical-sociological-and-anthropological-reflections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/events\/the-globalisation-of-autism-historical-sociological-and-anthropological-reflections\/","title":{"rendered":"The Globalisation of Autism: Historical, Sociological, and Anthropological Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eshop.qmul.ac.uk\/conferences-and-events\/conferences-events\/conferences-events\/the-globalisation-of-autism-historical-sociological-and-anthropological-reflections\"><strong>Registration is now open<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The autism diagnosis has become an important category of global health; capable of attracting large amounts of funding, shaping disability rights legislation, and impacting education, health and welfare policies internationally. This symposium will bring together scholars from across the world to reflect on how and why the autism category has achieved such significance in shaping international healthcare, research, and policy interventions, since the middle decades of the twentieth century. It will consider how and why autism became a global category, and what the implications of this are for understanding autism, research networks, and health policy in the future. The symposium will lead to a groundbreaking edited collection on the globalisation of autism for a wide international readership.<\/p>\n<p>The symposium will address questions such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How has the autism diagnosis been employed in different national contexts to ensure education, healthcare and disability rights?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How have facts about autism travelled, and what impact has travel had on these facts?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How has the neurodiversity movement arisen in response to the growth of autism diagnoses, and what opportunities and challenges has this movement created internationally?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How has the autism diagnosis changed ideas about children\u2019s typical emotional development in different national or international contexts?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What role have the neurosciences played in establishing international models of autism?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>How have the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) influenced legal, political, medical and research approaches to autism internationally?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>What has been the role of caregivers and other stakeholders in challenging models of autism developed in the scientific literature both nationally and internationally?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The symposium will consider the political dimension of the autism diagnosis, in particular its role in establishing education, health and welfare rights internationally, and its entry into international human rights discourse.\u00a0 It will also consider its role in generating new forms of knowledge and research programmes internationally. It aims to encourage dialogue across countries in order to generate new perspectives on how the autism diagnosis has been integrated into different cultural contexts, and the impact that this has had on models of psychological development and individual identity.<\/p>\n<p>Registration is now open o<a href=\"http:\/\/eshop.qmul.ac.uk\/conferences-and-events\/conferences-events\/conferences-events\/the-globalisation-of-autism-historical-sociological-and-anthropological-reflections\">n the QMUL E-shop<\/a>\u00a0and costs \u00a330.<\/p>\n<p>Programme<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday 20<sup>th<\/sup> April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All sessions on Thursday are in Graduate Centre: GC 201 unless otherwise stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9-9:30am<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Arrivals and coffee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9:30-9:45<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Welcome and Introduction \u2013 Dr Bonnie Evans<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9:45-11:05<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Anthropology and the Perception of Autism <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair: Professor Richard Ashcroft (Queen Mary)<\/p>\n<p>Dr Joseph Long (University of Aberdeen\/Scottish Autism), \u2018Invisible relations and shifting paradigms in UK autism services: Anthropological reflections on social care contexts\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Zoanni (New York University), \u2018Ad-hoc Autism: A diagnosis but not a condition in Uganda\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Mathias Winter (Ecole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure de Lyon), \u2018Is France late on autism? Clinical and anthropological stakes of a local resistance to the globalisation of mental health\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>11:05-11.25<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Coffee Break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>11:25-12:45<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Neuroscience, Neurodiversity and the Concept of Autism<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair:\u00a0Dr Mark Honigsbaum (QMUL)<\/p>\n<p>Dr Des Fitzgerald (Cardiff University), \u2018 \u201c<em>There\u2019s this thing we recognise when we see it, and it\u2019s this thing called autism\u201d \u2013 <\/em>uncertainty, ambiguity, and the affective labour of autism neuroscience\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Delphine Jacobs (University of Leuven), \u2018The meaning of the concept of autism in parenthood and in the clinic. An investigation in two Belgian diagnostic centres\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Lindsay O\u2019Dell (The Open University, UK),\u2018 \u201cNeurodiversity and epistemic communities: how the concept has travelled across cultural contexts\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>12.45-1.45:<\/strong> \u00a0<strong>Lunch\u00a0<\/strong>Arts 2: Foyer<\/p>\n<p><strong>Including book launch for Bonnie Evans\u2019 <em>The Metamorphosis of Autism<\/em> with Professor Thomas Dixon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.45-3.05<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>History, Disability, and Individual Rights <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair: Dr Rhodri Hayward<\/p>\n<p>Dr Bonnie Evans (Queen Mary),\u00a0 \u2018Autism, Britain, and the global health movement\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Monika Ba\u00e1r (Leiden University), \u2018The position of autism within the disability rights movement: Historical approaches\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Michal Geisler (Charles University, Prague),\u2018How was the concept of autism imported in the Czech Republic?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.05-4.40<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Care, Gender, and Changing Global Autisms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair: Dr Ayesha Nathoo<\/p>\n<p>Dr Marga Vicedo (University of Toronto), \u2018A mother\u2019s Siege: Love and knowledge in understanding autism in the USA\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Leedy Hoque (Acceptance and Understanding Autism, Bangladesh) \u2018Autism: A caregiver\u2019s perspective\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Sharon Elley (University of Leeds), \u2018 \u201cI am the reasonable adjustments\u201d: autistic women, late diagnosis and workplace challenges\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Catriona Stewart (Scottish Autism) \u2018From cygnet to swan: changing outlooks for autistic girls and women\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.40-4:55<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Coffee Break <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>4:55-6:15<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Participation and Engagement in Comparative and International Contexts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair:\u00a0Professor Stuart Murray (University of Leeds)<\/p>\n<p>Dr Damien Milton and Dr Rebecca Wood (University of Birmingham) \u2018Beyond tokenism: Autistic participation in a transnational community of practice\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Gregory Hollin (University of Leeds),\u2018Advocacy in the UK: Psychologists\u2019 reflections on engagement\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Kristien Hens (University of Antwerp), \u2018Beyond the diagnosis. A phenomenological study\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>6:15-6:30 Break<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>6:30-7:45\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Public Lecture:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Steve Silberman (Author of \u2018Neurotribes\u2019)\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u201cGreat Minds Don&#8217;t Always Think Alike\u201d,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Arts 2 Lecture Theatre<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>7:45-9pm<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Drinks Reception (Arts Two Foyer)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday 21<sup>st<\/sup> April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>9:15-9:30<\/strong> Arrivals<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.30-10:50\u00a0<\/strong><strong>International Networks and National Responses\u00a0Graduate Centre: GC 601<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair: Professor Richard Ashcroft (Queen Mary)<\/p>\n<p>Professor Jonathyne Briggs (Indiana University Northwest), \u2018The response to the international influence in autism treatment in late twentieth century France\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Thomas Jammet and Dr Audrey Linder (University of Health Science\/University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland), \u2018Expertise in tension: \u201cOld\u201d and \u201cnew\u201d professionals in French speaking Switzerland\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Lai Pin Yu (National Yang Ming University, Taiwan),\u2018Autism history in Taiwan 1970-1990\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.50-11.10:<\/strong> Coffee Break [Graduate Centre]<\/p>\n<p><strong>11.10-12.30<\/strong> \u00a0<strong>Globalisation and Local Challenges: Focus on Africa\u00a0Graduate Centre: GC 601<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair: Professor Megan Vaughan (UCL)<\/p>\n<p>Dr Amanda Martinage (Iona College, New York), \u2018Reflections on the delivery of autism awareness and education trainings in Tanzania\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ilona Roth (Open University, UK), \u2018Challenges and agents for change in the globalisation of autism: a case study of Ethiopia\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Irene Abimbola Adio (Oluyole Cheshire Home, Nigeria), \u2018Challenges of raising a child with autism in Africa\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>12.30-1.30<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Lunch\u00a0Arts 2: Foyer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Including display of artwork by Aadil Hoque<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1.30-2.50<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PARALLEL SESSION 1: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graduate Centre: GC 601<\/p>\n<p><strong>Science, Technology, Cinema, and Creativity <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair: TBC<\/p>\n<p>Dr Kathleen Richardson (De Montfort University), \u2018The robot intermediary? An anthropology of attachment and robots for children with autism\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Leni Van Goidsenhoven (University of Leuven), \u2018Imaging autism: emerging knowledge in creative workshops for people on the spectrum in Belgium\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Dr Steven Eastwood (Queen Mary), \u2018Cinemautism\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>PARALLEL SESSION 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graduate\u00a0Centre: GC 603<\/p>\n<p><strong>Globalisation, Identity, and Treatment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair: TBC<\/p>\n<p>Steven Kapp (University of Exeter), \u2018Autism diagnosis across the globe: DSM-5 as a Focal Point\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Nabila Puspakesuma (King\u2019s College, London), \u2018Autism in Indonesia\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Vered Seidmann (Nanyang University, Singapore), \u2018Agency, identity and the self \u2013autistic identity construction in the blogosphere\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Kirkham (Independent Scholar, MPhil Cambridge University), \u2018Applied Behaviour Analysis &#8211; a global &#8216;Gold Standard&#8217; of autism treatment?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>2:50-3:10:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Coffee Break <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>3:10-4:40pm<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Autism: New Global Challenges\u00a0Graduate Centre: GC 601<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chair: Dr Ginny Russell (Exeter)<\/p>\n<p>Professor Francisco Ortega (Rio de Janeiro State University), \u2018The biopolitics of autism in Brazil\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Professor Ilina Singh (University of Oxford), \u2018Globalisation of autism genomics research: Promises and perils\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Professor Bhismadev Chakrabarti (University of Reading), \u2018A neuroscientist studies autism in India: Challenges and considerations\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>4:40-5:30<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Autism: New Global Challenges: Roundtable and Discussion\u00a0Graduate Suite: GC 601<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.qmul.ac.uk\/docs\/about\/26065.pdf\">Graduate Centre is building 18 on the campus map<\/a>. Mile End campus is easily accessible on the Central, Hammersmith&amp;City and District lines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;The Globalisation of Autism: Historical, Sociological, and Anthropological Reflections&#8217; will take place at QMUL on April 20 and 21st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1257"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1313,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1257\/revisions\/1313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.history.qmul.ac.uk\/emotions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}