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Title The autism matrix : the social origins of the autism epidemic / Gil Eyal ... [and others].

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK : Polity, 2010.

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 Moore Stacks  RJ506.A9 A98 2010    Available  ---
Description viii, 312 pages : illustrations, maps
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "The authors argue that the recent rise in autism should be understood as an 'aftershock' of the real earthquake, which was the deinstitutionalization of mental retardation in the mid-1970s. This entailed a radical transformation not only of the institutional matrix for dealing with developmental disorders of childhood, but also of the cultural lens through which we view them. It opened up a space for viewing and treating childhood disorders as neither mental illness nor mental retardation, neither curable nor incurable, but somewhere in-between"--From publisher description.
Subject Autism in children.
Autism in children.
Autism in children -- Diagnosis.
Autism in children -- Diagnosis.
Autism in children -- Treatment.
Autism in children -- Treatment.
Autistic children -- Care.
Autistic children -- Care.
Autistic children -- Services for.
Autistic children -- Services for.
Autistic children.
Autistic children -- Care -- History.
History.
Autistic children -- Services for -- History.
Added Author Eyal, Gil.
ISBN 9780745644004 paperback
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