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Autism

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ISBN-10: 0415884993

ISBN-13: 9780415884990

Edition: 2012

Authors: Stuart Murray

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List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 9/9/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 6.10" wide x 8.94" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Series Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Facts
What We Know … or Don't
The Body, the Brain, and the Person: Biology, Neurology, and Self
The Detail of Diagnosis
Intervention and Treatment: Metaphors, Objects, and Subjects
The Gender Question and the Nature of Being
Conclusion: After the Fact
Social, Cultural, and Political Histories
Autism before Modern Medicine
The Development of Child Psychiatry: Kanner and Asperger
Psychoanalysis, Bruno Bettelheim, Parents, and Blame
Organizations and Associations
The Rise of Neurodiversity: Demands, Advocacy, and Legislation
Cultural Representations: Outsider and Insider Accounts
Conclusion: History in the Making
Major Controversies
A Lack of Consensus
Causing Autism
Autism and the Idea of the Cure
Conclusion: Autism and the Human-Again
Afterword: Autistic Presence
Bibliography
Index