{"product_id":"intelligent-love-the-story-of-clara-park-her-autistic-daughter-and-the-myth-of-the-refrigerator-mother-paperback","title":"Intelligent Love: The Story of Clara Park, Her Autistic Daughter, and the Myth of the Refrigerator Mother - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarga Vicedo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the History of Science Society's 2022 Davis Prize\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow one mother challenged the medical establishment and misconceptions about autistic children and their parents\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the early 1960s, Massachusetts writer and homemaker Clara Park and her husband took their 3-year-old daughter, Jessy, to a specialist after noticing that she avoided connection with others. Following the conventional wisdom of the time, the psychiatrist diagnosed Jessy with autism and blamed Clara for Jessy's isolation. Experts claimed Clara was the prototypical \"refrigerator mother,\" a cold, intellectual parent who starved her children of the natural affection they needed to develop properly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRefusing to accept this, Clara decided to document her daughter's behaviors and the family's engagement with her. In 1967, she published her groundbreaking memoir challenging the refrigerator mother theory and carefully documenting Jessy's development. Clara's insights and advocacy encouraged other parents to seek education and support for their autistic children. Meanwhile, Jessy would work hard to expand her mother's world, and ours. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on previously unexamined archival sources and firsthand interviews, science historian Marga Vicedo illuminates the story of how Clara Park and other parents fought against medical and popular attitudes toward autism while presenting a rich account of major scientific developments in the history of autism in the US. \u003ci\u003eIntelligent Love\u003c\/i\u003e is a fierce defense of a mother's right to love intelligently, the value of parents' firsthand knowledge about their children, and an individual's right to be valued by society.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarga Vicedo\u003c\/b\u003e, PhD, is a philosopher and historian of science. She is a professor at the University of Toronto, where she teaches and writes about the history of biology, psychology, and psychiatry since the turn of the twentieth century. She is on the editorial board of numerous journals, including the \u003ci\u003eReview of General Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Nature and Nurture of Love: From Imprinting to Attachment in Cold War America\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.6 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766397731104,"sku":"9780807055519","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3555c63ee0d686501a1924a25dfa6033.webp?v=1780291899","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/intelligent-love-the-story-of-clara-park-her-autistic-daughter-and-the-myth-of-the-refrigerator-mother-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}