The metamorphosis of autism : a history of child development in Britain /: a history of child development in Britain. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Keir Waddington, Bonnie Evans.
• Authors: Evans, Bonnie
• Editors: Professor, Waddington, Keir
• Contents: Introduction: perceiving, describing and modelling child development -- part I. The first autism: the observation and description of child development before 1959 -- 1. The first autism -- 2. The first autism controversies -- 3. Inside the Maudsley Child Psychotic Clinic in the 1950s -- part II. How autism became autism -- 4. The transformation of social life and the transformation of autism in the 1960s -- 5. How do you measure a social impairment? -- 6. Epidemiology, epidemics and autism as a global health crisis -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations for Archives and Government Acts -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (512 pages)
• Subjects: 616.85/88200941; Autism -- Great Britain -- History; Autistic Disorder; Child Development; History Of Medicine; Autism & Asperger's Syndrome; United Kingdom, Great Britain; MEDICAL -- History; PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Autism Spectrum Disorders; HISTORY -- Europe -- Great Britain; Autism; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Electronic book; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780719095924; 0719095921; 1526110016; 9781526110015
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 437-485) and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.