Autism

Dr Mitzi Waltz works at the Autism Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She previously taught Autism Studies at the University of Birmingham (2007-2012), and was Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sunderland (2002-2007). She has contributed to many key pieces of autism research and resources.

Preface: Autism, and How We Got Here 1. A Nameless Difference 2. Autism Before and After the Enlightenment 3. Workhouses, Asylums, and the Rise of Behavioural Sciences 4. The Social Construction of Autism 5. From 'Pathological Motherhood' to Refrigerator Mothers 6. Bedlam, Behaviourism and Beyond 7. Parent Blaming, Parent Power, and the Start of Real Research 8. Self-advocacy and the Rise of the Medical Model Footnotes References Index