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01-01-2008 | Book Review

Roy Grinker, Unstrange Minds: Remaping the World of Autism

Basic Books, New York, 2007, 301 pp, $26.95, ISBN-13-978-0-465-02763-7

Auteur: Deborah Hilibrand

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | Uitgave 1/2008

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Roy Grinker’s book, Unstrange Minds, will change the way you think about autism. This is a well written, easy to read treatise that challenges the whole notion that there is an autism epidemic. “This book argues that the newer, higher, more accurate statistics on autism are a sign that we are finally seeing and appreciating a kind of human difference that we once turned away from and that many other cultures still hide away in home or institutions or denigrate as bizarre. The results of the new rates is that we are fortunately seeing more research, more philanthropy, and more understanding of how families struggle to cope” (p. 5). …

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