Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE xi
4. SECTION ONE Introduction to Autism and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
5. CHAPTER 1 “Intellectual Disability”: What Self- Advocates Labelled/with Intellectual Disability Want Social Work to Know 3
6. CHAPTER 2 An Introduction to the Autism Spectrum across the Lifespan for Social Work 23
7. SECTION TWO Theoretical and Historical Influences in Autism and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
8. CHAPTER 3 Enough Is Enough! A Critical Disability Interrogation of Social Work’s Approaches to Working with People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities 49
9. CHAPTER 4 Human Rights-Focused Social Work Practice with People Labelled with Intellectual Disabilities 69
10. CHAPTER 5 “I Would Like to Be a Parent”: Intimate Citizenship Rights for People with Intellectual Disabilities 87
11. CHAPTER 6 Social Work in Government: Through a Deinstitutionalization Lens 109
12. CHAPTER 7 “Save Your Tears for Another Day”: A Mother’s Story of Prenatal Screening and Down Syndrome 127
13. SECTION THREE Practice Topics and Approaches in Autism and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
14. CHAPTER 8 Social Workers Achieving Positive Outcomes Using Family Systems Interventions 147
15. CHAPTER 9 Mental Health in Autistic Adolescents and Adults 167
16. CHAPTER 10 The Mindful Social Worker: Cultivating a Conscious Practice with Autistic Individuals and Their Families 191
17. CHAPTER 11 Addressing Barriers to Rewarding Work: Employment for People on the Autism Spectrum 207
18. CHAPTER 12 Do “Evidence-Based Practices” Translate to the Treatment of Mental Health Concerns in Individuals Labelled with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities? 227
19. CHAPTER 13 Autism, Mental Health, and the Law: Social Work Practice in Forensic Settings 245
20. References 263
21. About the Editors 343
22. Index 347