Early intervention and autism: The impact of positivism and the call for change

International Journal of Children's Rights

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 405-416

  Glynne Owen, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applied Behaviour Analysis; autism; critical disability theory; early intervention; pathologization; positivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954210176     PISSN: 09275568     EISSN: 15718182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157181810X497431     Document Type: Article

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