Autism and Us: Old As Time
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Autism and Us: Old As Time

A Social History of Autism

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eBook - ePub

Autism and Us: Old As Time

A Social History of Autism

About this book

Autismis old and unruly. It's been a part of us since we first left handprints oncave walls 40, 000 year­­s ago. AUTISM AND US covers a long-stretchview of its neurological history and how society has judged it. Withquotes from old medical records, folk-tale beliefs, and Victorian literature, the book conjures up the 19 th century­ mix of ignorance, cruelty, fumbling knowledge, and surprising love that led to the first medicalrecognition of autism as a social disorder. From that medically significantrecognition has grown ourpresent day neurological and cognitiveunderstanding.

EustaciaCutler, autism expert and mother of Temple Grandin, delivers a colorful andreliable account of the pioneers it has taken for autism to gain understandingand acceptance in families, neighborhoods, schools and job markets.

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Yes, you can access Autism and Us: Old As Time by Eustacia Cutler in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Psychology & Autism Spectrum Disorders. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Future Horizons
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781957984032
Edition
0
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Autism Spectrum Disorders
Index
Psychology

Table of contents

  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. THE NATURE OF AUTISM
  3. 3. THE NATURE OF OUR RESPONSE
  4. 4. MAN, THE DREAMER
  5. 5. THE BED OF HOT COALS
  6. 6. AUTISM IN VICTORIAN LITERATURE
  7. 7. LATE 19TH CENTURY: Medical Progress Meets the Concert Stage
  8. 8. WORLD WAR II
  9. 9. AUTISM AND THE MINEFIELD OF BLAME: 1940s–1950s
  10. 10. HONOR AND SHAME IN THE 60s
  11. 11. ANXIETY AND CHANGE
  12. 12. THE ASPERGER STORY: 1980s–1990s
  13. 13. THE MIRROR NEURON STORY: 1990s–2018
  14. 14. PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER AND ACTING ON IT
  15. Acknowledgments
  16. Selected Bibliography