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The politics of autism / by Siegel, Bryna,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The politics of autism -- The politics of autism diagnosis -- The psychiatric diagnosis industry: the APA and its DSM -- Autism education and the illusions of inclusion -- Educating youth with ASDs for their futures -- Autism health economics -- The allure of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) -- The vaccine wars -- False prophets of the human genome.The Politics of Autism investigates the truths and fictions of public understanding about autism, questioning apparent realities too sensitive or impolitic to challenge. Is there really more autism? How has the count expanded by diagnosing autism over other conditions? Have scientific methods in autism diagnosis gone hand-in-hand with autism increases? Are mild autism cases really a 'disorder,' rather than personality variant? Can autism be quiescent in childhood but truly first recognizable in adulthood? Why does popular media often portray people with autism as odd geniuses ignoring the kind of autism most have? Siegel tackles thorny issues and perennial questions: How do we weigh likely treatment gains with treatment costs? Why does our autism education persist in teaching academic subjects some never master? Why do we fail to plan realistically for autistic adulthood? Which parents get caught up in non-mainstream 'treatments' and fear of vaccines? Readers will see an insider's view of controversies in autism research. Siegel's views, sometimes iconoclastic, always frank and informed, challenge broad unexamined assumptions about our understanding of autism. Each chapter addresses different issues, data, and social policy recommendations. A chapter-by-chapter bibliography with URLs provides both popular media and scientific references.
Subjects: Autism; Autism; Autistic people;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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QAnon and other conspiracy theories / by Roberts, Kathryn,1990-Editor(DLC)n 2017054610;
Includes bibliographical references and index.What are the origins of the QAnon conspiracy theory? -- What are the dangers of legitimizing QAnon and similar conspiracy theories in the mainstream media? -- What are other well known conspiracy theories? -- How do people come back from conspiracy theories?QAnon appeared to be yet another laughable and fairly innocuous conspiracy theory whose popularity was made possible by the powers of the digital age. But it soon became clear that its followers, legitimized by President Donald Trump, were dead serious, going so far as storming the US Capitol after Trump lost his reelection bid. The viewpoints in this resource explore the conditions that allow for such conspiracy theories to begin and take hold in an educated society, and why these theories have gone from fringe element to the mainstream, even being taken seriously by some members of the US government.
Subjects: QAnon conspiracy theory; Conspiracy theories; Conspiracy theories; Presidents; Social media; Radicalization;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Religion returns to the public square : faith and policy in America / by Heclo, Hugh.(CARDINAL)127197; McClay, Wilfred M.(CARDINAL)779799;
Includes bibliographical references and index.An introduction to religion and public policy / Hugh Heclo -- Two concepts of secularism / Wilfred M. McClay -- The religious conscience and the state / Charles J. Reid, Jr. -- What is a public religion? / José Casanova -- American democracy and the politics of faith / Wilson Carey McWilliams -- Faith in politics / A. James Reichley -- Mainstream Protestantism / D.G. Hart -- American Catholicism, Catholic charities USA, and welfare reform / John A. Colemain -- Charitable choice : bringing religion back into American welfare / Stanley Carlson-Thies -- Public education changes partners / Charles Glenn -- With God on their side : religion and U.S. foreign policy / William Martin.
Subjects: Religion and politics;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Black Panther Party : a graphic novel history / by Walker, David,1968-author.(CARDINAL)563338; Anderson, Marcus Kwame,1976-artist.(CARDINAL)846462;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-176) and index.The myth of the Panthers -- Before the Panthers -- 1966: Birth of the Panthers -- 1967: Panthers unleashed -- 1968: Public enemies -- 1969: Casualties of war -- 1970: The beginning of the end -- 1971-1988: Death of the Panthers"A bold and fascinating graphic novel history of the revolutionary Black Panther Party. Founded in Oakland, California, in 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was a radical political organization that stood in defiant contrast to the mainstream civil rights movement. This gripping illustrated history explores the impact and significance of the Panthers, from their social, educational, and healthcare programs that were designed to uplift the Black community to their battle against police brutality through citizen patrols and frequent clashes with the FBI, which targeted the Party from its outset. Using dramatic comic book-style retellings and illustrated profiles of key figures, The Black Panther Party captures the major events, people, and actions of the party, as well as their cultural and political influence and enduring legacy"--Publisher marketing.
Subjects: Nonfiction comics.; Historical comics.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Black Panther Party; Black power; African Americans;
Available copies: 20 / Total copies: 25
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Finding Robert / by Stevens, Robert J.,1961-author.(CARDINAL)408966; Stevens, Catherine E.(CARDINAL)408965;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- There is nothing wrong with Robert -- Coming to a head -- Trouble at home -- There is something wrong with Robert -- Special education -- More trouble at home -- Robert and Ritalin -- A new diagnosis -- Chocolate-covered Prozac -- Deeper and deeper -- Enough is enough -- Another therapy, another breakthrough -- The right school -- What we learned.Diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, oppositional defiance disorder, and pervasive developmental disorder in the early 1990s, Robert Stevens was an exceptionally intelligent child who could not function in a mainstream environment. Under a psychiatrist's care, and on several powerful medications, his parents did not know whether they were seeing their son or the results of the medications he was taking. Desperate, the Stevens family turned to holistic therapies, and Robert began to show improvement. By third grade he was off all medications, attending a mainstream school, making friends, and simply being himself.
Subjects: Biographies.; Stevens, Robert, 1989 December 1-; Child psychopathology; Child psychopathology; Exceptional children; Psychiatric errors;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Whose blues? : facing up to race and the future of the music / by Gussow, Adam,author.(CARDINAL)853932;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-307), discography (pages 309-310) and index (pages 311-320).Starting the conversation -- Blues conditions -- Blues feelings and "real bluesmen" -- Blues expressiveness and the blues ethos -- W.C. Handy and the "birth" of the blues -- Langston Hughes and the scandal of early blues poetry -- Zora Neale Hurston in the Florida jooks -- Ralph Ellison, Richard Wright, and the Southern blues violences -- The blues revival and the black arts movement -- Giving it all away : blues harmonica education in the digital age -- Turnaround."Mamie Smith's pathbreaking 1920 recording of 'Crazy blues' set the pop music world on fire, inaugurating a new African American market for 'race records.' Not long after, such records also brought black blues performance to an expanding international audience. A century later, the mainstream blues world has transformed into a multicultural and transnational melting pot, taking the music far beyond the black southern world of its origins. But not everybody is happy about that. If there's 'No black. No white. Just the blues,' as one familiar meme suggests, why do some blues people hear such pronouncements as an aggressive attempt at cultural appropriation and an erasure of traumatic histories that lie deep in the heart of the music? Then again, if 'blues is black music,' as some performers and critics insist, what should we make of the vibrant global blues scene, with its all-comers mix of nationalities and ethnicities?"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Blues (Music); Music and race; African Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Never trust a liberal over 3 : --especially a Republican / by Coulter, Ann H.,author.(CARDINAL)651736;
Will this be on the midterms? -- If Chuck Schumer is smiling, vote nay!--and other good advice for conservatives -- Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican--with the following exceptions -- Democrats : they can't be trained, they can only be beaten -- Liberal behavior : porn surfers, liars, and welfare suppliers -- Slavery, the KKK, and the trail of tears--I give you the Democrat party -- PC police : shoot first, hug later -- America's enemies, foreign and Democratic -- Muslims : why you're barefoot in an airport right now -- Immigration : addressing America's chronic shortage of fertile, unskilled illiterates -- Guns and crime : guns do kill people, thank God -- Courts : the third branch of liberalism -- "Keeping abortion safe" and other liberal oxymorons -- Higher re-education -- Media : does Barack Obama have nude polaroids of everyone in the mainstream media? -- Liberals and science : regulate Al Gore's refrigerator -- I have a savior, and his name's not Obama -- Not far from the tree.Collects materials previously withheld by the author's syndicators and shares irreverent, critical perspectives on targets ranging from politicians and pundits to salesmen and celebrities.
Subjects: Liberalism; Political science.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Black Wilmington and the North Carolina way : portrait of a community in the era of civil rights protest / by Godwin, John L.(CARDINAL)266269;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-407).
Subjects: African Americans; Civil rights movements; North Caroliniana.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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The essential guide to comic book lettering / by Piekos, Nate,author,artist.(CARDINAL)690543; Orzechowski, Tom,writer of foreword.(CARDINAL)347805;
"Well-crafted comic book lettering is the visual soundtrack that guides a reader's eye along the page with emotive dialog, intuitively placed balloons, and dynamic sound effects...but these elements are just the beginning for the professional letterer. In this book, you'll also learn the unique grammatical traditions of mainstream comics, the graphic design skills involved in crafting memorable logos, the process of creating your own professional lettering templates, tips on establishing a career in the comics industry...and much more."--Back cover.Rated T / Teen
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Young adult literature.; Comic books, strips, etc.; Lettering.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Pueblo / by Wilson, Wayne L.,author.(CARDINAL)496812;
Includes bibliographical references (page 46) and index."The cliff dwellings of the ancestral Pueblo people are some of the most mysterious and breathtaking sights in North America. Living primarily in the Southwestern United States, the Puebloans have one of the oldest cultures in the country, dating back thousands of years. When the Spaniards invaded the region in the 16th century, they were stunned to find complex and well-built multistoried homes on top of high mesas. They called these villages 'pueblos,' a term that later referred to the indigenous people as well. Despite the intrusion of Spanish and other European forces, 19 Pueblos remain. Hear from Pueblo educator John Ghahate as he describes Pueblo history and life, and how Puebloans have merged into mainstream America while preserving much of their traditional culture and core spiritual beliefs."--Back cover.1020LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Pueblo Indians; Indians of North America; Native American history;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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