In a different key: The Story of Autism
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"Nearly seventy-five years ago, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi became the first child diagnosed with autism. Beginning with his family's odyssey, In a Different Key tells the extraordinary story of this often misunderstood condition, and of the civil rights battles waged by the families of those who have it. Unfolding over decades, it is a beautifully rendered history of ordinary people determined to secure a place in the world for those with autism--by liberating children from dank institutions, campaigning for their right to go to school, challenging expert opinion on what it means to have autism, and persuading society to accept those who are different. It is the story of women like Ruth Sullivan, who rebelled against a medical establishment that blamed cold and rejecting "refrigerator mothers" for causing autism; and of fathers who pushed scientists to dig harder for treatments. Many others played starring roles too: doctors like Leo Kanner, who pioneered our understanding of autism; lawyers like Tom Gilhool, who took the families' battle for education to the courtroom; scientists who sparred over how to treat autism; and those with autism, like Temple Grandin, Alex Plank, and Ari Ne'eman, who explained their inner worlds and championed the philosophy of neurodiversity. This is also a story of fierce controversies--from the question of whether there is truly an autism "epidemic," and whether vaccines played a part in it; to scandals involving "facilitated communication," one of many treatments that have proved to be blind alleys; to stark disagreements about whether scientists should pursue a cure for autism. There are dark turns too: we learn about experimenters feeding LSD to children with autism, or shocking them with electricity to change their behavior; and the authors reveal compelling evidence that Hans Asperger, discoverer of the syndrome named after him, participated in the Nazi program that consigned disabled children to death. By turns intimate and panoramic, In a Different Key takes us on a journey from an era when families were shamed and children were condemned to institutions to one in which a cadre of people with autism push not simply for inclusion, but for a new understanding of autism: as difference rather than disability"--
Subjects
Subjects
Autism spectrum disorders
Autism spectrum disorders -- History
Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Psychopathology
Autistic Disorder
Autistic Disorder -- history
Electronic books
History
History -- PSYCHOLOGY
Medical
Mentally Disabled Persons
Mentally Disabled Persons -- history
Nonfiction
Patient Rights
People with disabilities
People with Disabilities -- SOCIAL SCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY -- History
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Autism Spectrum Disorders
Psychopathology
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities
Sociology
Autism spectrum disorders -- History
Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Psychopathology
Autistic Disorder
Autistic Disorder -- history
Electronic books
History
History -- PSYCHOLOGY
Medical
Mentally Disabled Persons
Mentally Disabled Persons -- history
Nonfiction
Patient Rights
People with disabilities
People with Disabilities -- SOCIAL SCIENCE
PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCHOLOGY -- History
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Autism Spectrum Disorders
Psychopathology
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities
Sociology
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9780307985675
9780307985682
9780553397444
9780307985682
9780553397444
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subject_facet | Autism Spectrum Disorders -- Psychopathology Autism spectrum disorders Autism spectrum disorders -- History Autistic Disorder -- history Electronic books History -- PSYCHOLOGY Mentally Disabled Persons -- history PSYCHOLOGY -- History PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Autism Spectrum Disorders Patient Rights People with Disabilities -- SOCIAL SCIENCE People with disabilities SOCIAL SCIENCE -- People with Disabilities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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title_full | In a Different Key The Story of Autism In a Different Key The Story of Autism [eBook] Donvan, John. In a different key : the story of autism / John Donvan, Caren Zucker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_short | In a different key | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
title_sub | The Story of Autism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
topic_facet | Autism Spectrum Disorders Autism spectrum disorders Autistic Disorder History Medical Mentally Disabled Persons Nonfiction PSYCHOLOGY Patient Rights People with Disabilities People with disabilities Psychology Psychopathology SOCIAL SCIENCE Sociology history |