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The forgotten history of autism
From ted.com: Decades ago, few pediatricians had heard of autism. In 1975, 1 in 5,000 kids was estimated to have it. Today, 1 in 68 is on the autism spectrum. What caused this steep rise? Steve...
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Autistic people are not failed versions of ‘normal.’ They’re different, not...
We are living at a very exciting time — a time of great hope for autistic people and their families. Society is on the brink of a major transformation in its understanding of autism and other...
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The Legacy Of Autism
From NPR & WHYY’s Fresh Air: Science writer Steve Silberman talks about how different factors — including Nazi extermination plans and a (now discredited) journal article about vaccines — have...
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Misdiagnosed And Misunderstood: Steve Silberman On The Mysteries Of Autism...
From Mark Leviton in The Sun: […] In 2001 Steve Silberman, then head science writer for Wired magazine, was working on an article about two leading figures at technology companies when he learned that...
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The Police Need to Understand Autism
Diane Craglow was caring for a 14-year-old autistic boy named Connor Leibel in Buckeye, Ariz., one day in July. They took a walk to one of his favorite places, a park in an upscale community called...
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Making Encounters with Police Safer for People with Disabilities
From The New York Times: An Op-Ed essay last month about the fraught encounter between an Arizona teenager with autism, Connor Leibel, and a police officer inspired thoughtful comments, so we invited...
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Broken Time: Bill Evans, ‘Nardis,’ and the Curious History of a Jazz Obsession
It was supposed to be the best day of Richard “Blue” Mitchell’s life, but June 30, 1958, turned out to be one of the worst. The trumpeter had been summoned to New York City from Miami for a recording...
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Greta Thunberg is not a climate activist “in spite of” her autism, but...
Watching video of Greta Thunberg addressing the House of Parliament in London on April 24, it’s hard not to think of Cassandra, the brash young warrior of Greek myth who beseeched Apollo for the gift...
View ArticleMy Next Book: The Taste of Salt
I’m happy to announce that I’m hard at work on my next book, The Taste of Salt, which will tell the human stories behind one of the most impressive, but little-known, medical successes of our time:...
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