Interlude. Parents Speak: The Art of Love and the Ethics of Care

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction. Love as an Analytic Tool 1
5. Part One
6. 1. Research Programs, “Autistic Disturbances,” and Human Difference 29
7. 2. Love Is Not Enough: Bruno Bettelheim, Infantile Autism, and Psychoanalytic Childhoods 61
8. 3. Expert Amateurs: Raising and Treating Children with Autism 93
9. Interlude. Parents Speak: The Art of Love and the Ethics of Care 125
10. Part two
11. 4. Brains, Pedigrees, and Promises: Lessons from the Politics of Autism Genetics 141
12. 5. Desperate and Rational: Parents and Professionals in Autism Research 167
13. 6. Pandora’s Box: Immunizations, Parental Obligations, and Toxic Facts 197
14. Conclusion. What the World Needs Now: Learning About and Acting on Autism Research 229
15. Notes 237
16. Bibliography 313
17. Index 329