Isabel’s World
By Roy Richard Grinker
ISBN: 978-184831-048-3
Roy Grinker, author of Isabel’s World, is an anthropologist ie. a social scientist who studies culture. In 1994, his daughter was diagnosed with Autism. Largely as a result of this diagnosis, Grinker embarked on his own journey to discover how culture affects the way autism is viewed around the world. Chronicling the history of autism in the US and including an analysis of prevalence rates, Grinker then travels to different countries including South Africa, India and South Korea to find out how visible autism is in other parts of the world, and to see what the study of the disorder across cultures might teach us about our own experiences and interpretations of autism. A necessary read for all members of our society.
PUBLISHER: Allen and Unwin
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