Intelligent Love
The Story of Clara Park, Her Autistic Daughter, and the Myth of the Refrigerator Mother
Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
Format: Book
Description: 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"Intelligent Love tells the story of a mother, Clara Park, and her autistic daughter Jessica, showing how they helped transform social and scientific views about what mothers and autistic people can do"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction -- Becoming Clara Park -- Autistic Children and their Mothers -- On Trial -- Bernard Rimland Leads the Revolt -- A Mother's Plea for Intelligent Love -- From Culprits to Collaborators -- From Custodial Care to Education for Autistic Children -- Watercolors on Wet Paper -- Conclusion
Subjects:
Park, Clara Claiborne.
Park, Jessy, 1958-
Mothers of autistic children -- United States -- Biography.
Autistic children -- United States -- Biography.
Motherhood -- United States.
Autism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Park, Clara Claiborne.
Park, Jessy, 1958-
Mothers of autistic children -- United States -- Biography.
Autistic children -- United States -- Biography.
Motherhood -- United States.
Autism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780807025628
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PARENTING Health Autism Vic | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-250) and index.