(Paperback)

Autism has attracted a great deal of attention in recent years, thanks to dramatically increasing rates of diagnosis, extensive organizational mobilization, journalistic coverage, biomedical research, and clinical innovation. This title offers a social history of the expanding diagnostic category of this contested illness.

(Hardback)

Tracks developments in autism theory and practice over the years. This title shows how an understanding of autism has been constituted and stabilized through vital efforts of schools, gene banks, professional associations, government committees, parent networks, and treatment conferences.