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Jennifer Singh brilliantly elaborates the complex story of how autism science has evolved to give preference to genetic explanations and is driven by advances in microarray technologies. Her analysis is informed by a multidimensional perspective, drawing from her own expert understanding of the scientific research and extensive interviewing with scientists, activists, parents, and people with autism. Multiple Autisms is pathbreaking scholarship that raises urgently important questions about how the research community and other constituencies narrow our understandings of autism as a human condition. Kristin Bumiller, Amherst College

Scholars of medical sociology, rhetoric, and broader medical humanities alike would benefit greatly from Singh's text. Now, as biological sciences advance in areas of genomics-and as the popularity of genetic and genomic databases among researchers surely grows-Multiple Autisms will prove to provide important early insights into how these changes matter for those perennially on the receiving end of these multiplying and complex diagnoses. --Medical Humanities Multiple Autisms is an important contribution to the autism literature and deserves to be read, not least by those conducting and funding genomics research. It is a well-written and accessible book that showcases the utility and ongoing relevance of thought styles in understanding modern science and medicine. --Social History of Medicine Multiple Autisms offers a compelling examination of the biosocial world of autism genetics and genomics, introducing readers to the array of social actors, organizations, technologies and materials that are involved in the constitution of the category of autism today. --Canadian Journal of Sociology Singh's Multiple Autisms is an important contribution to understanding the making of genetic models of thought in autism research and beyond. --Oral History Review This ambitious work serves as a strong example of sociological research with interdisciplinary implications. It would be a timely addition to courses in medical sociology, the sociology of science and knowledge, and social movement studies. --American Journal of Sociology Jennifer Singh brilliantly elaborates the complex story of how autism science has evolved to give preference to genetic explanations and is driven by advances in microarray technologies. Her analysis is informed by a multidimensional perspective, drawing from her own expert understanding of the scientific research and extensive interviewing with scientists, activists, parents, and people with autism. Multiple Autisms is pathbreaking scholarship that raises urgently important questions about how the research community and other constituencies narrow our understandings of autism as a human condition. --Kristin Bumiller, Amherst College Jennifer Singh brilliantly elaborates the complex story of how autism science has evolved to give preference to genetic explanations and is driven by advances in microarray technologies. Her analysis is informed by a multidimensional perspective, drawing from her own expert understanding of the scientific research and extensive interviewing with scientists, activists, parents, and people with autism. Multiple Autisms is pathbreaking scholarship that raises urgently important questions about how the research community and other constituencies narrow our understandings of autism as a human condition. Kristin Bumiller, Amherst College

Scholars of medical sociology, rhetoric, and broader medical humanities alike would benefit greatly from Singh s text. Now, as biological sciences advance in areas of genomics and as the popularity of genetic and genomic databases among researchers surely grows <i>Multiple Autisms</i> will prove to provide important early insights into how these changes matter for those perennially on the receiving end of these multiplying and complex diagnoses. <i>Medical Humanities</i></p>

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Jennifer S. Singh is assistant professor of sociology in the School of History and Sociology at Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

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