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Unstrange minds : remapping the world of autism
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Unstrange minds : remapping the world of autism

Author: Roy Richard Grinker
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, ©2007.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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A father's attempt to understand his daughter's autism leads him on a journey around the world to learn how societies view the widely diagnosed disorder.
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Roy Richard Grinker
ISBN: 9780465027637 0465027636
OCLC Number: 70660044
Description: vii, 340 p. ; 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 -- Breaking the rules -- Half past winter in South Korea -- Becoming visible -- Getting in tune -- Beyond the curve.
Responsibility: Roy Richard Grinker.
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A father's attempt to understand his daughter's autism leads him on a journey around the world to learn how societies view the widely diagnosed disorder.

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