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Understanding autism [[electronic resource] ] : parents, doctors, and the history of a disorder / / Chloe Silverman



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Autore: Silverman Chloe Visualizza persona
Titolo: Understanding autism [[electronic resource] ] : parents, doctors, and the history of a disorder / / Chloe Silverman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, NJ ; ; Woodstock, : Princeton University Press, 2011
Edizione: Course Book
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
Disciplina: 618.9285882
Soggetto topico: Autism in children
Parents of autistic children
Autistic children - Family relationships
Autism in children - Treatment
Soggetto non controllato: 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
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- 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 -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Autism 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.
Titolo autorizzato: Understanding autism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-29070-7
9786613290700
1-4008-4039-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910789717403321
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