Title: The autism matrix
Description: "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.
Subjects: Autism in children, Autistic Disorder, Deinstitutionalization, Autistic children, Treatment, Diagnosis, Services for, Care, History, Children, services for, Autism, Child care, Community health services, Child development deviations, Therapy