Intelligent Love : : the Story of Clara Park, her Autistic Daughter, and the Myth of the Refrigerator Mother
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Call Number: 618.92 Vi
On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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Introduction -- Becoming Clara Park -- Autistic Children...and their Mothers -- On Trial -- Igniting a Revolt -- A Mother's Plea for Intelligent Love -- From Culprits to Collaborators -- From Custodial Care to Education for Autistic Children -- Watercolors on Wet Paper -- Conclusion.
"Intelligent Love tells the story of a mother, Clara Park, and her autistic daughter Jessica, showing how they helped transform social and scientific views about what mothers and autistic people can do"-- Provided by publisher.
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PUBLISHED
Boston : Beacon Press, [2021]
Year Published: 2021
Description: 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780807025628
0807025623
SUBJECTS
Park, Clara Claiborne.
Park, Jessy, -- 1958-
Mothers of autistic children -- United States -- Biography.
Autistic children -- United States -- Biography.
Motherhood -- United States.
Autism -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Biographies.
Personal narratives.