Unstrange minds : remapping the world of autism / Roy Richard Grinker.

  • Grinker, Roy Richard, 1961-
Date:
[2007], ©2007
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

New York : Basic Books, [2007], ©2007.

Physical description

vii, 340 pages ; 25 cm

Contents

Introduction: bringing autism into focus -- One in three hundred -- Theme and variation: the "discovery" of autism -- Stigma, shame, and secrets -- Blaming mothers -- The rise of diagnosis -- Autism by the book -- Autism by the numbers -- Isabel in Monet's garden -- Igloos in India -- Beaking the rules -- Half past winter in South Korea -- Becoming visible -- Getting in tune -- Beyond the curve.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-328) and index.

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    History of Medicine
    PV /GRI
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  • 0465027636
  • 9780465027637