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This unique book is the first to fully explore the history of autism - from the first descriptions of autistic-type behaviour to the present day.
- Features in-depth discussions with leading professionals and pioneers to provide an unprecedented insight into the historical changes in the perception of autism and approaches to it
- Presents carefully chosen case studies and the latest findings in the field
- Includes evidence from many previously unpublished documents and illustrations
- Interviews with parents of autistic children acknowledge the important contribution they have made to a more profound understanding of this enigmatic condition
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Dame Stephanie Shirley
- Introduction
- 1: The Two Great Pioneers
- 2: The 1950s The Seeds of Understanding
- 3: Blaming the Parents
- 4: The 1960s: The Parents Fight Back
- 5: The Two Teaching Pioneers
- 6: The 1970s Major Steps Forward
- 7: Definition, Diagnosis, and Assessment: The History of the Tool
- 8: The 1980s and 1990s
- 9: Autism in the Developing Nations
- 10: Where the Future Lies
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index