Taking things more seriously: Psychological theories of autism and the materialsocial divide

Matter, Materiality and Modern Culture

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 97-111

  Williams, Emma ^a   Costall, Alan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203351635-12     Document Type: Chapter

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