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Book Recommendation-Unstrange Minds
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cjik
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Book Recommendation-Unstrange Minds
Has anyone read this? I'm reading it now and find it fascinating. The author is Roy Grinker, an anthropologist who has a daughter who has autism. It's less informative, and more a study of autism and the profession of psychiatry in this country, and others as well. I haven't finished it yet, but I'm halfway through, and it's a good read if you are interested in this topic.
One thing he brings up, there was no autism or PDD category in DSM until DSM-III (DSM-I and II were very brief and many illnesses were lumped together). The only place autism is even mentioned in earlier versions is in the section on schizophrenia, and many children were diagnosed with schizophrenia rather than autism and institutionalized. Makes me happy things are different today, though it also makes me wonder, how much do we even know now?
Just wanted to mention this book.
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Posted 2/18/12 5:10 PM  |
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sapphire
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Re: Book Recommendation-Unstrange Minds
Posted by cjik
Makes me happy things are different today, though it also makes me wonder, how much do we even know now?
Just wanted to mention this book.
Never read that book but your question about "how much do we even know now?" I feel is so poignant. I really feel the answer to that question is "very little", which frankly scares me. Or if there are "ideas" about what may be going on, the ideas get squashed because it would be too big of a problem to deal with.
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| Posted 2/21/12 8:45 AM |
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cjik
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Re: Book Recommendation-Unstrange Minds
Posted by sapphire
Never read that book but your question about "how much do we even know now?" I feel is so poignant. I really feel the answer to that question is "very little", which frankly scares me. Or if there are "ideas" about what may be going on, the ideas get squashed because it would be too big of a problem to deal with.
I know! I'm sure most doctors and parents thought they were doing the best thing back then, even if it involved institutionalizing children (can you imagine how horrible that must have been for autistic children, esp. those with sensory issues)? But this was deemed the best treatment then, so it does make me wonder if we have it right now. I think we're closer and I know many parents do see progress with their children. But I wonder if they will all be called autistic in 50 years, or if it will be determined that they have a different disorder.
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| Posted 2/22/12 10:55 AM |
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rbsbabies
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Re: Book Recommendation-Unstrange Minds
Never read the book but I must make mention that my Grandfather's brother had Autism. Back then though my relatives said that they called it mentally retarted, he had no treatments, no therapies was just kept at home and rocked and stimmed in his own world. Now that there's many little boys throughout my family members remember him and say that he had Autism but no one new. Sad, it must have been such a lonely life
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| Posted 2/22/12 9:38 PM |
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