DIS STD 138XPApplied Autism Intervention: Multidisciplinary Perspective
Disability Studies · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Service-learning course for undergraduate students in Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program (ECPHP). Introduction to history, theory, and practice of autism interventions and social and cultural factors that determine how society and medical profession understand autism as diagnostic category. Study of processes involved in identifying autism as represented in fields of psychology, neuroscience, and disability studies. Review of social versus medical model of disability and analysis of dominant as well as counter discourse on autism. Overview of broader educational issues for children living with disabilities as well as parent perceptions.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.