TY  - BOOK
N2  - "The authors argue that the recent rise in autism should be understood as an 'aftershock' of the real earthquake, which was the deinstitutionalization of mental retardation in the mid-1970s. This entailed a radical transformation not only of the institutional matrix for dealing with developmental disorders of childhood, but also of the cultural lens through which we view them. It opened up a space for viewing and treating childhood disorders as neither mental illness nor mental retardation, neither curable nor incurable, but somewhere in-between"--From publisher description.
AB  - "The authors argue that the recent rise in autism should be understood as an 'aftershock' of the real earthquake, which was the deinstitutionalization of mental retardation in the mid-1970s. This entailed a radical transformation not only of the institutional matrix for dealing with developmental disorders of childhood, but also of the cultural lens through which we view them. It opened up a space for viewing and treating childhood disorders as neither mental illness nor mental retardation, neither curable nor incurable, but somewhere in-between"--From publisher description.
T1  - The autism matrix :the social origins of the autism epidemic /
DA  - 2010.
CY  - Cambridge, UK ;
CY  - Malden, MA :
AU  - Eyal, Gil.
CN  - RJ506.A9
CN  - RJ506.A9
PB  - Polity,
PP  - Cambridge, UK ;
PP  - Malden, MA :
PY  - 2010.
ID  - 437726
KW  - Autism in children.
KW  - Autism in children
KW  - Autism in children
KW  - Autistic children
KW  - Autistic children
KW  - Autistic children
KW  - Autistic children
SN  - 9780745643991
SN  - 074564399X
SN  - 9780745644004 (pbk.)
SN  - 0745644007 (pbk.)
TI  - The autism matrix :the social origins of the autism epidemic /
ER  -