Dr Meaghan Allen
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Dr Meaghan Allen
@morbidmae.bsky.social
Doctorate researching ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, blood & the (crypto)medieval | Medieval(ism) | History of Science & Medicine | History of Crime | House ghoul | damesmacabre.com
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I recommend this article, which provides an excellent introduction to the history both of the term autism and the ways in which the label has been applied to a changing set of human characteristics, in line with changing scientific and diagnostic approaches.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
How autism became autism - Bonnie Evans, 2013
This article argues that the meaning of the word ‘autism’ experienced a radical shift in the early 1960s in Britain which was contemporaneous with a growth in e...
journals.sagepub.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Or read one of Dr Evans' journal articles on the issue - you can access a list of publications through this link.

research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/b...
Bonnie Evans
research.manchester.ac.uk
September 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Oh my goodness ANOTHER episode has dropped! Listen to @alexcarabine.bsky.social and myself talk all thing medieval in *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* episode 'The Harvest' (S1.E2).

open.spotify.com/episode/7A7w...

#medieval #culture #buffythevampireslayer #vampire #history #gothic #podcast
Dames Macabre Discuss 'The Harvest'
Dames Macabre · Episode
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July 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM