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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity is a book by Steve Silberman that discusses autism and neurodiversity [1] from historic, scientific, and advocacy-based perspectives. NeuroTribes was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2015, [2] [3] and has received wide acclaim from both the scientific and the popular press.
It is number 10 on a list of top 10 autism books on the website Autism World. [3] It is used by Children, Youth and Women's Health Service. [4] It is used by The National Autistic Society [5] It was recommended about on Another Peace of the Puzzle. [6]
Somebody Somewhere takes up Williams' story after her diagnosis with autism at the age of 26 after a childhood often thought deaf, labelled psychotic, then disturbed. In this book, Williams becomes a teacher and goes on to work with children on the autistic spectrum before being thrust into the public eye upon the accidental publication of her ...
Strange Son: Two Mothers, Two Sons, and the Quest to Unlock the Hidden World of Autism is a 2007 book by Portia Iversen. It concerns the development of her second son, Dov, who started expressing autistic characteristics around age two, and how she used the pseudoscientific technique rapid prompting method with him and believes it has helped him.
Critical autism studies (CAS) is an interdisciplinary research field within autism studies led by autistic people. [1] [2] [3] This field is related to both disability studies and neurodiversity studies. [4] [5] [6] CAS as a discipline is led by autistic academics, and many autistic people engage with the discipline in nonacademic spaces.
Robison was born in Athens, Georgia, while his parents were attending the University of Georgia.He is the son of poet Margaret Robison (1935–2015) and John G. Robison (1935–2005), former head of the philosophy department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [2]
Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic Girl is the award-nominated [1] debut book by Australian Donna Williams.It was initially published in Britain in 1992, and was on the New York Times Best Seller list for 15 weeks in the first half of 1993.