1.

Record Nr.

UNINA990004390320403321

Autore

Orvieto, Laura

Titolo

Storia di Angiolo e Laura / Laura Orvieto ; a cura di Caterina Del Vivo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : Olschki, 2001

ISBN

88-222-4996-8

Descrizione fisica

XVII, 145 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Quaderni / Fondazione Carlo Marchi ; 11

Disciplina

928.51

Locazione

FLFBC

Collocazione

928.51 ORV 1

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910765829303321

Autore

Evans Bonnie

Titolo

The metamorphosis of autism : A history of child development in Britain / / Bonnie Evans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2017]

©2017

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource : 3 black & white illustrations, 7 tables

Collana

Social Histories of Medicine ; ; 2

Disciplina

616.85/88200941

Soggetti

Autism - Great Britain - History

MEDICAL / History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures --



Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Introduction -- 1 The first autism -- 2 The first autism controversies -- 3 Inside the Maudsley Child Psychotic Clinic in the 1950s -- Part II How autism became autism -- 4 The transformation of social life and the transformation of autism in the 1960s -- 5 How do you measure a social impairment? -- 6 Epidemiology, epidemics and autism as a global health crisis -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations for Archives and Government Acts -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book is available as an open access ebook under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. What is autism and where has it come from? Increased diagnostic rates, the rise of the 'neurodiversity' movement, and growing autism journalism, have recently fuelled autism's fame and controversy. The metamorphosis of autism is the first book to explain our current fascination with autism by linking it to a longer history of childhood development. Drawing from a staggering array of primary sources, Bonnie Evans traces autism back to its origins in the early twentieth century and explains why the idea of autism has always been controversial and why it experienced a 'metamorphosis' in the 1960s and 1970s. Evans takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the ill-managed wards of 'mental deficiency' hospitals, to high-powered debates in the houses of parliament, and beyond. The book will appeal to a wide market of scholars and others interested in autism.