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Attachment Theory and Autism

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In this chapter is a look at attachment theory and the social history of parenting and motherhood. I explore the role of parenting and attachment as important to unfolding this narrative. Attachment Theory is the study of relationship and developed as a research area in the 1940s. Developed by John Bowlby, a psychoanalyst, Attachment Theory has been developed in a multitude of ways.

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    It is reported this was a story fabricated by the missionary to receive funds, and suspicions were aroused because of racial arguments against ‘native evidence’ amidst the flourishing of Indian Independence (Newton 2002, pp. 192–193).

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Richardson, K. (2018). Attachment Theory and Autism. In: Challenging Sociality. Social and Cultural Studies of Robots and AI. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74754-5_5

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