Constructing Autism Download

Author: Majia Holmer Nadesan
Edition: 1
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0415321816
Category: Medical

Constructing Autism: Unravelling the 'Truth' and Understanding the Social

Autism is now considered to be one of the most common developmental disorders today, yet 100 years agoAthe termAdid not exist. Download Constructing Autism medical books for free.
This book examines the historical and social events that enabled autism to be identified as a distinct disorder in the early twentieth century. The author, herself the mother of an autistic child,Aargues thatAalthough there is without doubt a biogenetic component to the condition, it is the social factors involved in its identification, interpretation and remediation that determine what it means to be autistic.AConstructing AutismAexplores the social practices and institutions that reflect and shape the way we think about autism and what effects this has on autistic people and their families. Unrave Get Constructing Autism our bestseller medical books.

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