{"title":"Catherine Tan","description":"\u003cp\u003eCatherine Tan’s work delves into the complexities of neurodiversity, offering insightful perspectives that bridge education and practical understanding. Her writing is marked by clarity and empathy, making challenging concepts accessible to a wide audience interested in developmental differences and learning support.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful explorations that combine research with real-world applications, particularly in educational settings. Catherine Tan’s books serve as valuable resources for educators, carers, and anyone seeking to deepen their appreciation of diverse learning experiences.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"spaces-on-the-spectrum-by-catherine-tan-9780231206136","title":"Spaces on the Spectrum","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMovements that take issue with conventional understandings of autism spectrum disorder, a developmental disability, have become increasingly visible. Drawing on more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with participants, Catherine Tan investigates two autism-focused movements, shedding new light on how members contest expert authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExamining their separate struggles to gain legitimacy and represent autistic people, she develops a new account of the importance of social movements as spaces for constructing knowledge that aims to challenge dominant frameworks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSpaces on the Spectrum\u003c\/em\u003e examines the autistic rights and alternative biomedical movements, which reimagine autism in different and conflicting ways: as a difference to be accepted or as a sickness to treat. Both, however, provide a window into how ideas that conflict with dominant beliefs develop, take hold, and persist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe autistic rights movement is composed primarily of autistic adults who contend that autism is a natural human variation, not a disorder, and advocate for social and cultural inclusion and policy changes. The alternative biomedical movement, in contrast, is dominated by parents and practitioners who believe in the disproven idea that vaccines trigger autism and seek to reverse it with scientifically unsupported treatments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth movements position themselves in opposition to researchers, professionals, and parents outside their communities. \u003cem\u003eSpaces on the Spectrum\u003c\/em\u003e offers timely insights into the roles of shared identity and communal networks in movements that question scientific and medical authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432619163884,"sku":"9780231206136","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231206136.jpg?v=1774555214"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/catherine-tan.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}