Unstrange Minds Remapping the World of Autism

Name: Unstrange Minds Remapping the World of Autism
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ISBN: 9780465027644

ISBN-10: 0465027644

ISBN-13: 9780465027644

Edition: 2008

Authors: Roy Richard Grinker

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When anthropologist Roy Richard Grinker's daughter was diagnosed with autism in 1994, it was considered a very rare disorder, occurring in only about 1 in every 10,000 children. Within ten years, rates as high as 1 in 150 were being reported, and the media was declaring autism an epidemic. Unstrange Minds documents Grinker's quest to find out why autism is so much more common today, and to uncover the implications of the increase. His search took him to Africa, India, and East Asia, to the National Institutes of Mental Health, and to the mountains of Appalachia. What he discovered is both surprising and controversial: There is no true increase in autism. Grinker shows that the…

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List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 1/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.15" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Introduction: Bringing Autism into Focus






One in Three Hundred



Theme and Variation: The "Discovery" of Autism



Stigma, Shame, and Secrets



Blaming Mothers



The Rise of Diagnosis



Autism by the Book



Autism by the Numbers






Isabel in Monet's Garden



Igloos in India



Breaking the Rules



Half Past Winter in South Korea



Becoming Visible



Getting in Tune



Beyond the Curve


Acknowledgments


Notes


References


Index