{"product_id":"chasing-the-intact-mind-how-the-severely-autistic-and-intellectually-disabled-were-excluded-from-the-debates-that-affect-them-most-hardcover","title":"Chasing the Intact Mind: How the Severely Autistic and Intellectually Disabled Were Excluded from the Debates That Affect Them Most - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy S. F. Lutz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA comprehensive introduction to the concept of the \"intact mind\" and how it affects disability policy and practice.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe concept of the intact mind, first described in a 2006 memoir, refers to the idea that inside every autistic child is an intelligent, typical child waiting to be liberated by the right diet, the right treatment intervention, the right combination of supports and accommodations. The sentiment itself is not new. Emerging largely out of psychoanalytic theory dating back to the end of the 19th century, the intact mind was later amplified in memoirs, where parents wrote of their tireless efforts to free their children from the grip of autism. Though the idea gives hope to parents devastated by a child's diagnosis, Amy Lutz argues that it has also contributed to widespread dismantling of services badly needed by severely disabled children and their families. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eChasing the Intact Mind\u003c\/em\u003e, Lutz traces the history of the intact mind concept, explaining how it influences current policy and practice affecting those with autism. Lutz provides a historical analysis of the intact mind narrative and describes how the concept--originally unique to autism--has come to inform current debates at the heart of intellectual and developmental disability practice and policy in the United States, including battles over sheltered workshops, legal guardianship, and facilitated communication. Lutz argues that focusing on the intact mind and marginalizing those with severe disability reproduces historic patterns of discrimination that yoked human worth to intelligence, and that it is only by making space for the impaired mind that we will be able to resolve these ongoing clashes--as well as even larger questions of personhood, dependency, and care.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAmy S. F. Lutz\u003c\/strong\u003e, PhD, is a historian of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. She has written about severe autism for many platforms, including \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e, Slate, Spectrum, and \u003cem\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as in two previous books: \u003cem\u003eWe Walk: Life with Severe Autism\u003c\/em\u003e (2020) and \u003cem\u003eEach Day I Like It Better: Autism, ECT, and the Treatment of Our Most Impaired Children\u003c\/em\u003e (2014). She is Vice President of the National Council on Severe Autism and lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 9.53 x 6.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776489488672,"sku":"9780197683842","price":45.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3ad14e7339ce6fc3aeb9ec8135c661d7.webp?v=1780480513","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/chasing-the-intact-mind-how-the-severely-autistic-and-intellectually-disabled-were-excluded-from-the-debates-that-affect-them-most-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}