The cultural origins and futures of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Professor Roy Richard Grinker

In this lecture, based on research in South Korea, India, South Africa, and among Korean-American and African-American communities in the United States, anthropologist Roy R. Grinker will address three questions relevant to research on Autism Spectrum Disorder:

1) What does it mean to say that a phenomenon is “cultural?”
2) What are the cross-cultural commonalities and differences in how autism is defined and treated?
3) What kinds of cross-cultural research can have an impact on early detection and intervention?

He will also discuss science as a cultural formation that promotes and constrains scientific and popular definitions of ASD, epidemiological research on ASD, and the social movement to refigure autism as ability instead of disability.

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14:42 È vero 🤌🏽 It’s not like I don’t gesticulate, it’s only that my kind of hand gestures are way too understated for a place like Italy. I’d be more normal in Japan. ロイ先生、ありがとうございます。