| #796490 in Books | 2013-09-23 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.20 x.90 x6.00l,1.10 | File type: PDF | 352 pages||7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.| sometimes difficult to read, but essential information|By the guy|I am a biomedical researcher interested in autism. As a bench scientist, sometimes I think I operate too much in a vacuum. What I mean is that we do research without understanding how ideas evolved over time. As somebody who is totally ignorant of history of autism, the book did a fine job of introducing major ch||"Understanding Autism . . . is the most sensitive account by an academic historian."--Steven Shapin, New Yorker
"Understanding Autism is the most sensitive account by an academic historian."--Steven Shapin, The New
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. Understanding Autism, a social history of the expanding diagnostic category of this contested illness, takes a close look at the role of emotion--specifically, of parental love--in the intense and passionate work of biomedical communities ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Understanding Autism: Parents, Doctors, and the History of a Disorder | Chloe Silverman. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
