The Rise of Autism: Risk and Resistance in the Age of Diagnosis

By Ginny Russell

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367695464
• ISBN13: 9780367695460
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"