LEADER 04173 am 22005653u 450 001 9910166954103321 005 20230621140723.0 035 $a(CKB)3710000001099888 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/35720 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001099888 100 $a20170320d2017 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurm|#---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe metamorphosis of autism $ea history of child development in Britain /$fBonnie Evans 210 $cManchester University Press$d2017 210 1$aManchester, England:$cManchester University Press,$d2017 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (512 pages) $cillustrations; digital file(s) 225 1 $aSocial Histories of Medicine 311 $a0-7190-9592-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: perceiving, describing and modelling child development --part I. The first autism: the observation and description of child development before 1959 --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. 330 3 $aWhat is autism and where has it come from? Increased diagnostic rates, the rise of the 'neurodiversity' movement, and growing autism journalism, have recently fuelled autism's fame and controversy. The metamorphosis of autism is the first book to explain our fascination with autism by linking it to a longer history of childhood development. Drawing from a staggering array of primary sources, Bonnie Evans traces autism back to its origins in the early twentieth century and explains why the idea of autism has always been controversial and why it experienced a 'metamorphosis' in the 1960s and 1970s. Evans argues that changes in the way that we observe, understand and think about child development have fuelled reported increases in autism and led to current debates about neurodiversity. She explains how 'the first autism' of the early twentieth century spawned a new industry of child psychology focused on ego development and human relations. It was only after the closure of 'mental deficiency' institutions in the late 1950s that autism took on new meanings as an epidemiological entity. This enabled the 'metamorphosis' of autism and turned it into the phenomenon that we all know today. Evans takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the ill-managed wards of 'mental deficiency' hospitals, to high powered debates in the houses of parliament, and beyond. The study explains how children's rights and psychological models of autism have always been inextricably linked, and why this should make us reconsider how we think about autism. This book will appeal to a wide market of scholars and others interested in autism, neurodiversity and how this relates to wider theories of children's psychological development. 410 0$aSocial histories of medicine. 606 $aAutism$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aAutistic children$zGreat Britain 606 $aAutism in children$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aChild development$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y20th century 610 $achildhood development 610 $achildren's rights 610 $aclinic 610 $achild psychology 610 $aautism 610 $aneurodiversity 610 $ahospital 615 0$aAutism$xHistory. 615 0$aAutistic children 615 0$aAutism in children$xHistory. 615 0$aChild development$xHistory 676 $a616.8588200941 700 $aEvans$b Bonnie$0856601 712 02$aManchester University Press, 801 2$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910166954103321 996 $aThe metamorphosis of autism$91912963 997 $aUNINA