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Re-thinking autism : diagnosis, identity and equality / edited by Katherine Runswick-Cole, Rebecca Mallett and Sami Timimi.

Contributor(s): Runswick-Cole, Katherine [editor.] | Mallett, Rebecca [editor.] | Timimi, Sami [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2016Description: 336 pages ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781849055819 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Autism | Health and Fitness | Health and WellbeingDDC classification: 616.8'5882 Summary: Disputing the existing accepted approaches to autism and the focus on diagnosis and 'treatment', this book challenges the attitudes, assumptions and prejudices around autism that are generated from the medical model, suggesting that they can be marginalising, limiting and potentially damaging to the individuals labelled with autism.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disputing the existing accepted approaches to autism and the focus on diagnosis and 'treatment', this book challenges the attitudes, assumptions and prejudices around autism that are generated from the medical model, suggesting that they can be marginalising, limiting and potentially damaging to the individuals labelled with autism.

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