Reframing Asperger syndrome: Lessons from other challenges to the Diagnostic and statistical manual and ICIDH approaches

Disability and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-355

  Allred, Sarah ^a  

^a BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asperger syndrome; Demedicalization; DSM IV; Social construction

Indexed keywords

EID: 74949135175     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590902789511     Document Type: Article

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