Autism : a social and medical history / Mitzi Waltz, Sheffield Hallam University, UK.
- Waltz, Mitzi
- Date:
- 2013
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Physical description
ix, 188 pages ; 23 cm
Contributors
Contents
A nameless difference -- Autism before and after the enlightenment -- Workhouses, asylums, and the rise of behavioural sciences -- The social construction of autism -- From 'pathological motherhood' to refrigerator mothers -- Bedlam, behaviourism, and beyond -- Parent blaming, parent power, and the start of real research -- Self-advocacy vs. the rise of the medical model.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Languages
Subjects
- Autism in childrenGreat BritainHistory
- AutismResearchGreat Britain.
- Social psychiatryGreat BritainHistory
- People with mental disabilitiesInstitutional careGreat BritainHistory
- Mental health servicesGreat BritainHistory
- Autistic Disorderhistory
- Institutionalizationhistory
- Mental Health Serviceshistory
- Persons with Mental Disabilities
- Social Environment
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicinePV /WALOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780230527515
- 0230527515
- 9780230527508
- 0230527507