Understanding Autism Parents, Doctors, and the History of a Disorder |
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| Author:
| Silverman, Chloe |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-15968-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2013 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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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. This title offers a social history of the expanding diagnostic category of this contested illness.
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. This title offers a social history of the expanding diagnostic category of this contested illness.