Download NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity AudioBook Free
What's autism: a lifelong impairment or a by natural means occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain kinds of genius? In truth it is both of these things plus more - and the future of our society will depend on our understanding it. Wired reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for obtaining it, and detects unexpected answers to the key question of why the amount of diagnoses has soared in recent years. Going back to the initial days and nights of autism research and chronicling the fearless and lonely journey of autistic people and their own families through the ages, Silberman provides long-sought solutions to the autism puzzle while mapping out a course for our contemporary society toward a far more humane world where people with learning differences and those who love them have access to the resources they have to live more comfortable, healthier, more secure, and more significant lives. Along the way he discloses the untold report of Hans Asperger, the daddy of Asperger's syndrome, whose "little professors" were targeted by the darkest social-engineering experiment in history; exposes the covert advertising campaign by child psychiatrist Leo Kanner to curb knowledge of the autism range for 50 years; and casts light on the growing activity of "neurodiversity" activists seeking esteem, support, technological innovation, accommodations at work and in education, and the right to self-determination for people that have cognitive differences.
