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Title The autism matrix : the social origins of the autism epidemic / Gil Eyal .. [and others]..

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK : Polity, 2010.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.85882 A939AM    Check Shelf
Description viii, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: the autism matrix -- The puzzle of variation in autism rates -- The feebleminded -- The surveillance of childhood -- Deinstitutionalization -- "An existence as close to the normal as possible": normalization -- Childhood schizophrenia -- The rise of the therapies -- Bernard Rimland and the formation of NSAC -- The atypical children -- Asperger and neurodiversity -- The space of autism therapies and the making and remaking of the spectrum -- Conclusion.
Subject Autistic Disorder -- history.
Deinstitutionalization -- history.
Autism in children.
Autism in children -- Diagnosis.
Autism in children -- Treatment.
Autistic children -- Care.
Autistic children -- Services for.
Autistic children -- Care -- History.
Autistic children -- Services for -- History.
Added Author Eyal, Gil.
ISBN 9780745643991 hardback
074564399X hardback
9780745644004 paperback
0745644007 paperback
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