Autistic Development, Trauma and Personhood: Beyond the Frame of the Neoliberal Individual

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Milton, D. (2017). Autistic Development, Trauma and Personhood: Beyond the Frame of the Neoliberal Individual. In The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies (pp. 461-476). Palgrave Macmillan UK. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-54446-9_29

Publication date: 7 Nov 2017 Added to AutiHub: 6 Jul 2026 Type: Book chapter Article language: English
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  1. Damian Milton *

Abstract

This chapter critically explores notions of childhood development, particularly in regard to autism, reactions to traumatic events and the meaning of ‘personhood’. The construction of the neoliberal individual is contrasted with that of personhood as experienced by an autistic person. Person-centred methods of engagement as outlined in this chapter can give opportunities for opening up a respectful discursive space where autistic development is not framed from the outset as ‘disordered’.

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52
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5 / 52 (9.6%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
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19 / 52 (36.5%)
References with detected author names
37 / 52 (71.2%)
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15
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29
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11 / 54 (20.4%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 43 / 54 (79.6%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
5 / 54 (9.3%)
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