Discourses in autism assessment and diagnosis

This thesis explores the range of discourses in which parents and professionals engage when a child is assessed and diagnosed with autism. The main focus is on the parents’ meaning-making in recognition of the investment parents have in the topic. It also takes an anti-discriminatory and emancipator...

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Main Author: Hagan, Karen
Published: Open University 2018
Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.748610