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Autism and Us: Old As Time: A Social History of Autism

By Eustacia Cutler

Book information

Publisher
Future Horizons
Year
2022
ISBN
9781957984032
ASIN
B0B9TWRH83
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
17 MB (17905754 bytes)
Pages
\0
Time added
2023-08-06 04:36:47
Family & Relationships; Psychology; Nonfiction; FA

Description

Autism is old and unruly. It's been a part of us since we first left handprints on cave walls 40,000 year­­s ago. AUTISM AND US covers a long-stretch view of its neurological history and how society has judged it. With quotes from old medical records, folk-tale beliefs, and Victorian literature, the book conjures up the 19th century­ mix of ignorance, cruelty, fumbling knowledge, and surprising love that led to the first medical recognition of autism as a social disorder. From that medically significant recognition has grown our present day neurological and cognitive understanding. Eustacia Cutler, autism expert and mother of Temple Grandin, delivers a colorful and reliable account of the pioneers it has taken for autism to gain understanding and acceptance in families, neighborhoods, schools and job markets.

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