Autism Books - Biography of someone in the autism field
- Richard Pollak.
- The Creation of Dr. B: A Biography of Bruno Bettelheim
(Simon & Schuster, 1997).
http://www.richardpollak.com Reader: excellent stuff.
ISBN: 0684809389 (480 pages, paperback, Touchstone, 1998).
[autism,biography,psychoanalysis]
- Sheila R. Spensley.
- Frances Tustin: The Borderlands of Autism and Psychosis
(London: Routledge, 1995).
Part of the series The Makers of Modern Psychotherapy.
Also, New York.
ISBN: 0415092620 (hardcover, 176 pages); ISBN: 0415092639 (paperback, 176 pages).
[autism,biography,psychoanalysis]
- Nina Sutton.
- Bettelheim: A Life and Legacy
(Basic Books, 1996).
Reader: tries to excuse Bettelheim, gets through the whole book without really mentioning that his views on autism were wrong; read Pollak's biography instead!
ISBN: 0465006353 ; ISBN: 0813390990 (paperback, 606 pages, Westview Press, 1997).
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www.autism-resources.com