It meticulously traces the history of the autism diagnosis, synthesizing a forgotten history of the residential institution era, while also giving detail and context to competing notions of the diagnosis in the medical literature across time (and the impact of that competition). Neurotribes really changed the public conversation about autism in some radical ways. His TED talk, “The Forgotten History of Autism,” has been viewed more than a million times and translated into 35 languages. He lives with his husband Keith in San Francisco, where he is working on a new book, The Taste of Salt (discussed in this podcast). His book NeuroTribes became a widely-praised bestseller, winning the 2015 Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction and was chosen as one of the Best Books of 2015 by The New York Times, The Economist, The Independent and many others. Steve Silberman is an award-winning science writer whose articles have appeared in Wired, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and many other publications. Transcribed by Julie Ann Lee: Transcript_ SteveSilberman-Noncompliant Read the transcript below the audio file. Listen to the episode by clicking the audio link below or on Stitcher here, iTunes here

National Institute of Mental Health.I was thrilled to speak with Steve Silberman, author of the seminal history of the autism diagnosis and the neurodiversity movement, Neurotribes! Progress and priorities in autism research: It’s beginning to feel a lot like springtime. Data & statistics on autism spectrum disorder. Autism Spectrum Disorder.Ĭenters for Disease Control and Prevention. Combating Autism Act of 2006.Īmerican Psychiatric Association.DSM-5. The MMR vaccine and autism: Sensation, refutation, retraction, and fraud. Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. DSM-III and DSM-III-R diagnoses of autism. Infantile autism: a genetic study of 21 twin pairs. Twenty-five years of progress in educating children with disabilities through IDEA.įolstein S, Rutter M. The empty fortress: Infantile autism and the birth of the self. Lovass ABA Treatment for Autismĭeslauriers N. Infantile autism: The syndrome and its implications for a neural theory of behavior. Appleton-Century-Crofts. The benefit of directly comparing autism and schizophrenia for revealing mechanisms of social cognitive impairment. Sasson NJ, Pinkham AE, Carpenter KL, et al. Hans asperger, national socialism, and 'race hygiene' in nazi-era vienna. NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity. Louise Despert, 'Schizophrenia in Children, 1938.' Tribute to Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva, the woman who first described infantile autism.

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