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Understanding Autism: Parents, Doctors, and the History of a Disorder Chloe Silverman
Understanding Autism: Parents, Doctors, and the History of a Disorder
Chloe Silverman
Autism has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, thanks to dramatically increasing rates of diagnosis, extensive organizational mobilization, journalistic coverage, biomedical research, and clinical innovation. This title offers a social history of the expanding diagnostic category of this contested illness.
352 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | September 23, 2013 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691159683 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 159 × 233 × 21 mm · 502 g |
| Language | English |