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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457808403321

Autore

Murray Stuart

Titolo

Autism [[electronic resource] /] / Stuart Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2012

ISBN

9786613434883

1-136-65219-1

1-283-43488-1

0-203-80599-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (131 p.)

Collana

The Routledge series integrating science and culture

Disciplina

362.19685882

616.85/882

616.85882

Soggetti

Autism

Autism spectrum disorders

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 108-112) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 6. Conclusion: After the FactPart II: Social, Cultural, and Political Histories; Chapter 7. Autism before Modern Medicine; Chapter 8. The Development of Child Psychiatry: Kanner and Asperger; Chapter 9. Psychoanalysis, BrunoBettelheim, Parents, and Blame; Chapter 10. Organizations and Associations; Chapter 11. The Rise of Neurodiversity:Demands, Advocacy, and Legislation; Chapter 12.Cultural Representations: Outsider and Insider Accounts; Chapter 13.Conclusion: History in the Making; Part III: Major Controversies; Chapter 14. A Lack of Consensus; Chapter 15.Causing Autism

Sommario/riassunto

Autism is the first book on the condition that seeks to combine medical, historical and cultural approaches to an understanding of the condition. Its purpose is to present a rounded portrayal of the ways in which autism is currently represented in the world, It focuses on three broad areas: the facts of scientific research, including new ideas surrounding research into genetics and neuroscience, as well as the details of diagnosis and therapy; the history of the condition as it



developed through psychiatric approaches to the rise of parent associations, neurodiversity and autism ad