Understanding autism : parents, doctors, and the history of a disorder / Chloe Silverman.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Silverman, Chloe
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2012
Subjects:	Autism in children. Parents of autistic children. Autistic children > Family relationships. Autism in children > Treatment.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Love as an analytic tool
Research programs, "autistic disturbances," and human difference
Love is not enough: Bruno Bettelheim, infantile autism, and psychoanalytic childhoods
Expert amateurs: raising and treating children with autism
Interlude: Parents speak: the art of love and the ethics of care
Brains, pedigrees, and promises: lessons from the politics of autism genetics
Desperate and rational: parents and professionals in autism research
Pandora's box: immunizations, parental obligations, and toxic facts
Conclusion: What the world needs now: learning about and acting on autism research.

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