In a Different Key: The Story of Autism [First paperback edition] 9780307985705, 0307985709

pt. I, Autism's first child (1930s-1960s) : -- Donald -- A menace to society -- Case 1 -- Wild children and holy fo

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In a Different Key: The Story of Autism [First paperback edition]
 9780307985705, 0307985709

Table of contents :
pt. I, Autism's first child (1930s-1960s) : --
Donald --
A menace to society --
Case 1 --
Wild children and holy fools --
Doubly loved and protected --
Some kind of genius --
pt. II, The blame game (1960s-1980s) : --
The refrigerator mother --
Prisoner 15209 --
Kanner's fault --
Biting her tongue --
Mothers-in-arms --
The agitator --
Home on a Monday afternoon --
pt. III, The end of institutions (1970s-1990s) : --
"Behind the walls of the world's indifference" --
The right to education --
Getting on the bus --
Seeing the ocean for the first time --
pt. IV, Behavior, analyzed (1950s-1990s) : --
The behaviorist --
"Screams, slaps, and love" --
The aversion to aversives --
The "anti-Bettelheim" --
47 percent --
Look at me --
From courtroom to classroom --
pt. V, The questions asked in London (1960s-1990s) : --
The questions asked --
Who counts? --
Words unstrung --
The great twin chase --
Finding their marbles --
pt. VI, Redefining a diagnosis (1970s-1990s) : --
The autism spectrum --
The Austrian --
The signature --
pt. VII, Dreams and boundaries (1980s-1990s) : --
The dream of language --
The child within --
An elusive definition --
Meeting of the minds --
The magic man --
pt. VIII, How autism became famous (1980s-1990s) : --
Putting autism on the map --
Society's emergency --
pt. IX, "Epidemic" (1990s-2010) : --
The vaccine scare --
Autism speaks --
A story unravels --
The greatest fraud --
pt. X, Today : --
Finding a voice --
Neurodiversity --
A happy man.

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