06106nam 2201273Ia 450 991046141490332120200520144314.01-283-29070-797866132907001-4008-4039-210.1515/9781400840397(CKB)2670000000122493(EBL)781784(OCoLC)757754796(SSID)ssj0000550957(PQKBManifestationID)11379944(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000550957(PQKBWorkID)10523926(PQKB)10321899(MiAaPQ)EBC781784(StDuBDS)EDZ0000515054(MdBmJHUP)muse36995(DE-B1597)446631(OCoLC)979632526(DE-B1597)9781400840397(Au-PeEL)EBL781784(CaPaEBR)ebr10502070(CaONFJC)MIL329070(EXLCZ)99267000000012249320111007d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUnderstanding autism[electronic resource] parents, doctors, and the history of a disorder /Chloe SilvermanCourse BookPrinceton, NJ ;Woodstock Princeton University Press20111 online resource (353 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-15968-8 0-691-15046-X Includes bibliographical references and index. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Love as an Analytic Tool -- Part One -- 1. Research Programs, "Autistic Disturbances," and Human Difference -- 2. Love Is Not Enough: Bruno Bettelheim, Infantile Autism, and Psychoanalytic Childhoods -- 3. Expert Amateurs: Raising and Treating Children with Autism -- Interlude. Parents Speak: The Art of Love and the Ethics of Care -- Part two -- 4. Brains, Pedigrees, and Promises: Lessons from the Politics of Autism Genetics -- 5. Desperate and Rational: Parents and Professionals in Autism Research -- 6. Pandora's Box: Immunizations, Parental Obligations, and Toxic Facts -- Conclusion. What the World Needs Now: Learning About and Acting on Autism Research -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexAutism has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, thanks to dramatically increasing rates of diagnosis, extensive organizational mobilization, journalistic coverage, biomedical research, and clinical innovation. Understanding Autism, a social history of the expanding diagnostic category of this contested illness, takes a close look at the role of emotion--specifically, of parental love--in the intense and passionate work of biomedical communities investigating autism. Chloe Silverman tracks developments in autism theory and practice over the past half-century and shows how an understanding of autism has been constituted and stabilized through vital efforts of schools, gene banks, professional associations, government committees, parent networks, and treatment conferences. She examines the love and labor of parents, who play a role in developing--in conjunction with medical experts--new forms of treatment and therapy for their children. While biomedical knowledge is dispersed through an emotionally neutral, technical language that separates experts from laypeople, parental advocacy and activism call these distinctions into question. Silverman reveals how parental care has been a constant driver in the volatile field of autism research and treatment, and has served as an inspiration for scientific change. Recognizing the importance of parental knowledge and observations in treating autism, this book reveals that effective responses to the disorder demonstrate the mutual interdependence of love and science.Autism in childrenParents of autistic childrenAutistic childrenFamily relationshipsAutism in childrenTreatmentElectronic books.Asperger syndrome.Autism Diagnostic Interview.Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule.Bruno Bettelheim.Cure Autism Now Foundation.National Alliance for Autism Research.University of Chicago.affect.amateur therapists.autism diagnosis.autism genetics.autism research.autism theory.autism.autistic children.behavior modification techniques.biomedical knowledge.biomedical research.biomedical treatments.biomedicine.biosociality.caregivers.causation.childhood vaccines.contested illnesses.counselors.diagnostic criteria.ego development.emotion.epidemiological surveys.genetic research.knowledge production.love.moral personhood.parental care.parental love.parents.persuasion.psychotherapy.science studies.screening instruments.semiprofessionals.testing instruments.therapy.treatment practices.treatment.Autism in children.Parents of autistic children.Autistic childrenFamily relationships.Autism in childrenTreatment.618.9285882Silverman Chloe1028425MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461414903321Understanding autism2444429UNINA