LEADER 03089nam 2200469Ia 450 001 9910765829303321 005 20231101071823.0 024 7 $a10.7765/9781526110015 035 $a(CKB)4100000011301865 035 $a(DE-B1597)660343 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781526110015 035 $a(OCoLC)978254829 035 $a(ScCtBLL)ec4c7f07-1f1b-438a-b68b-0c46ace4b2ce 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011301865 100 $a20231101h20172017 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 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 1$aManchester : $cManchester University Press, $d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource $c3 black & white illustrations, 7 tables 225 0 $aSocial Histories of Medicine ;$v2 311 08$a9781526110015 311 08$a1526110016 327 $tFront matter -- $tDedication -- $tContents -- $tList of figures -- $tAcknowledgements -- $tIntroduction -- $tIntroduction -- $t1 The first autism -- $t2 The first autism controversies -- $t3 Inside the Maudsley Child Psychotic Clinic in the 1950s -- $tPart II How autism became autism -- $t4 The transformation of social life and the transformation of autism in the 1960s -- $t5 How do you measure a social impairment? -- $t6 Epidemiology, epidemics and autism as a global health crisis -- $tConclusion -- $tAbbreviations for Archives and Government Acts -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aAutism$zGreat Britain$xHistory 606 $aMEDICAL / History$2bisacsh 615 0$aAutism$xHistory. 615 7$aMEDICAL / History. 676 $a616.85/88200941 700 $aEvans$b Bonnie, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0856601 702 $aEvans$b Bonnie, 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910765829303321 996 $aThe metamorphosis of autism$91912963 997 $aUNINA