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Unstrange minds : remapping the world of autism / Roy Richard Grinker.

Title
Unstrange minds : remapping the world of autism / Roy Richard Grinker.
Author
Grinker, Roy Richard, 1961-
Publication
New York : Basic Books, c2007.

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Description
vii, 340 p.; 25 cm.
Summary
A father's attempt to understand his daughter's autism leads him on a journey around the world to learn how societies view the widely diagnosed disorder.
Subject
  • Autism
  • Autism > Cross-cultural studies
  • Autisme
  • Autistic Disorder
  • Interculturele vergelijking
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-328) and index.
Contents
Introduction: bringing autism into focus -- One in three hundred -- Theme and variation: the "discovery" of autism -- Stigma, shame, and secrets -- Blaming mothers -- The rise of diagnosis -- Autism by the book -- Autism by the numbers -- Isabel in Monet's garden -- Igloos in India -- Breaking the rules -- Half past winter in South Korea -- Becoming visible -- Getting in tune -- Beyond the curve.
ISBN
  • 9780465027637 (hardcover)
  • 0465027636 (hardcover)
LCCN
^^2006023003
OCLC
70660044
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library