![]() ![]() Over the course of a decade, Asperger and his staff examined more than two hundred children who displayed a similarly striking cluster of social awkwardness, precocious abilities, and fascination with rules, laws, and schedules. But it had been forgotten, along with the story of a brave clinician who tried to rescue the children in his care from the darkest social engineering experiment in human history. In fact, it was the oldest idea in autism research. ![]() In the shadow of the rising numbers, making peace with autism-by viewing it as a lifelong disability that deserves support, rather than as a disease of children that can be cured-seemed like a new and radical idea. I’ve posted some of my favorite quotes below I just finished the book Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman. ![]()
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