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The Rise of Autism: Risk and Resistance in the Age of Diagnosis - Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness Russell, Ginny (University of Exeter, UK) 1st edition
The Rise of Autism: Risk and Resistance in the Age of Diagnosis - Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Health and Illness
Russell, Ginny (University of Exeter, UK)
This book investigates and examines why increasing numbers of people are being diagnosed with autism, aruging that the increased use of autism diagnosis is due to medicalisation across the life-course and crucially asking whether autism itself is useful as a diagnostic category.
224 pages, 38 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Tables, black and white; 38 Illustrations, black and
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | December 16, 2020 |
| ISBN13 | 9780367250812 |
| Publishers | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Pages | 192 |
| Dimensions | 242 × 161 × 19 mm · 456 g |
| Language | English |
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