The New Face of Autism Prevention
Why the Wellcome Leap FORM Program Should Concern Us All
The Wellcome Leap FORM program reads like a polished revival of a very old idea: that autism might be prevented through biomedical management of mothers and infants. Only this time, the vector of “risk” isn’t vaccines or mercury or genes, it’s bacteria.
1. The Biomedical Gaze in a New Costume
FORM’s language is smooth and technocratic, but its underlying …
