Refrigerator mothers / directed, co-produced and edited by David E. Simpson ; producer, J.J. Hanley ; produced by Kartemquin Films, in association with the Independent Television Service.
From the 1950s through the early 1970s, the American medical establishment thought it had found the cause of autism: poor mothering. Doctors presumed that the bizarre behaviors of autistic children--rigid rituals, difficulty with speech, extreme self-isolation--stemmed from their mothers' emotional...
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| Language: | English |
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Closed-captioned. |
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[Brooklyn] :
[Distributed by] Fanlight Productions,
2002.
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| Physical Description: | 1 streaming video file (53 min.) : digital, sound, color with black and white sequences. |
| Format: | Electronic Video |
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From the 1950s through the early 1970s, the American medical establishment thought it had found the cause of autism: poor mothering. Doctors presumed that the bizarre behaviors of autistic children--rigid rituals, difficulty with speech, extreme self-isolation--stemmed from their mothers' emotional frigidity. We now know that autism is a brain disorder, not the result of poor parenting. But for a whole generation of women branded as cold "refrigerator mothers," the damage had already been done. |
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| Note: | Previously released by: Kartemquin Educational Films, c2002. Resource page includes the option of making a clip. Title from title frames. Electronic resource. |
| Call Number: | RJ506.A9 R44 2002b |
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Grade level: college/adult/professional. |
| Credits: | Executive producer, co-producer, Gordon Quinn; music, Hannah Marcus; camera, Tsuyoshi Kimoto, Gordon Quinn. |
| System Details: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player. |