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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136842603321

Autore

Chown Nick

Titolo

Autism : understanding and evaluating autism theory / / Nick Chown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania] : , : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-78450-306-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 pages)

Disciplina

616.85882

Soggetti

Autism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Is autism theory really necessary? -- Behavioural theory : no longer about rats and monkeys -- Developmental theory : from three mountains to two dolls -- Learning style theory : a theory for every hour of the day -- The three big ideas of cognitive autism theory -- Other voices on cognitive autism theory -- The weak central coherence of autism theory -- Autism theory and practice : ideology, faddism, politics, and marketing -- What has 70 years of autism theory taught us?