The metamorphosis of autism : a history of child development in Britain / Keir Waddington, Bonnie Evans
(Manchester History of Medicine)
(Social Histories of Medicine)
データ種別 | 電子ブック |
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出版情報 | Manchester : Manchester University Press , 2017 |
本文言語 | 英語 |
大きさ | 1 online resource (512 pages) |
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内容注記 | Introduction: perceiving, describing and modelling child development part I. The first autism: the observation and description of child development before 1959 1. The first autism 2. The first autism controversies 3. Inside the Maudsley Child Psychotic Clinic in the 1950s part II. How autism became autism 4. The transformation of social life and the transformation of autism in the 1960s 5. How do you measure a social impairment? 6. Epidemiology, epidemics and autism as a global health crisis Conclusion Abbreviations for Archives and Government Acts Bibliography Index |
一般注記 | What is autism and where has it come from? Increased diagnostic rates, the rise of the 'neurodiversity' movement, and growing autism journalism, have recently fuelled autism's fame and controversy. The metamorphosis of autism is the first book to explain our fascination with autism by linking it to a longer history of childhood development. Drawing from a staggering array of primary sources, Bonnie Evans traces autism back to its origins in the early twentieth century and explains why the idea of autism has always been controversial and why it experienced a 'metamorphosis' in the 1960s and 1970s. Evans argues that changes in the way that we observe, understand and think about child development have fuelled reported increases in autism and led to current debates about neurodiversity. She explains how 'the first autism' of the early twentieth century spawned a new industry of child psychology focused on ego development and human relations. It was only after the closure of 'mental deficiency' institutions in the late 1950s that autism took on new meanings as an epidemiological entity. This enabled the 'metamorphosis' of autism and turned it into the phenomenon that we all know today. Evans takes the reader on a journey of discovery from the ill-managed wards of 'mental deficiency' hospitals, to high powered debates in the houses of parliament, and beyond. The study explains how children's rights and psychological models of autism have always been inextricably linked, and why this should make us reconsider how we think about autism. This book will appeal to a wide market of scholars and others interested in autism, neurodiversity and how this relates to wider theories of children's psychological development Open Access In English Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-485) and index Introduction: Perceiving, describing and modelling child development Part I: The first autism: The observation and description of child development before 1959 1: The first autism 2: The first autism controversies 3: Inside the Maudsley Child Psychotic Clinic in the 1950s Part II: How autism became autism 4: The transformation of social life and the transformation of autism in the 1960s 5: How do you measure a social impairment? 6: Epidemiology, epidemics and autism as a global health crisis Conclusion Index |
著者標目 | *Evans, Bonnie, Waddington, Keir, |
件 名 | LCSH:Autism -- Great Britain -- History
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MESH:Autistic Disorder MESH:Child Development FREE:History Of Medicine FREE:Autism & Asperger's Syndrome FREE:United Kingdom, Great Britain BISACSH:MEDICAL -- History 全ての件名で検索 BISACSH:PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Autism Spectrum Disorders 全ての件名で検索 BISACSH:HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain 全ての件名で検索 FREE:Autism MESH:United Kingdom FREE:Great Britain LCSH:Electronic book BSH: BSH:Electronic books FREE:History |
分 類 | DC23:616.85/88200941 |
書誌ID | ED00004112 |
ISBN | 9780719095924 |
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