Does autism have an essential nature?

Milton, Damian, Timimi, Sami (2016) Does autism have an essential nature? . Debate blog post. (KAR id:62684)

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Abstract

Debate 1. Does autism have an essential nature?

Damian Milton, a sociologist and activist and Sami Timimi a child and adolescent psychiatrist.

The essential nature of autism (and the merits of diagnosis) in a series of emails in summer 2016 before an initial meeting of the Rethinking Autism Network (RAN).

Item Type:	Internet publication
Uncontrolled keywords:	Autism, Essentialism, Identity, Diagnosis
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Psychology > Tizard Centre
Former Institutional Unit:	Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research > Tizard
Depositing User:	Damian Milton
Date Deposited:	14 Aug 2017 11:06 UTC
Last Modified:	20 May 2025 14:35 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/62684 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

University of Kent Author Information

Milton, Damian.

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