Myth of Autism

SAMI TIMIMI is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist for NHS, Lincolnshire, UK. He is also author of Naughty Boys: Anti-social Behaviour, and ADHD and the Role of Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).NEIL GARDNER works as a server-side developer for a major broadcasting company and takes an active interest in environmental and political issues. BRIAN McCABE has worked through a range of jobs and now supports disabled people in education and hopes to complete a PhD.

• PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONIntroductionThe Missing Voices: Our Case HistoriesPART TWO: AUTISM THE HISTORIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXTThe History of AutismCult of Child DevelopmentPART THREE: AUTISM THE SCIENCEBiological EvidenceClassificationThe Problem of HeterogeneityTreatmentPART FOUR: AUTISM POLITICS AND SOCIETYGenderCulture and SocializationThe New Eugenics.

'...this is a damning expose of what is now the industry of autism and is an enormously brave book for the three authors to have written...Its huge value is that it helps open up possibilities, instead of closing them down.' - Human Givens