Neurotribe or Diatribe
My previous two blogs dealt with some of the historical misinterpretations in the popular book Neurotribes. My good friend Olga Bogdashina commented that it would be a good idea to […]
Tag Archives: Hans Asperger
Steve Silberman’s Phony History of Autism Dealt Another Blow
By Jill Escher When Steve Silberman’s grandiose fabrication of the history of autism, NeuroTribes, was published in 2015 I was stunned that anyone would take the book seriously. As explained […]
The Horrifying History of Hans Asperger
Jill Escher is an autism research philanthropist, president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, autism housing provider, and mother of two children with nonverbal forms of autism. Several of […]
The Invention of Autism In the Midst of Nazism
By Claudia Mazzucco In 1942, the world was a hellish place when Austrian pediatrician Dr. Hans Asperger submitted to Vienna University his postdoctoral thesis (published two years later). Adolf Hitler […]
Pioneering autism doctor Hans Asperger sent disabled children to be killed by Nazis, new study claims
More claims are surfacing about the role of Hans Aspeger with the Nazis and the execution of disabled children. Asperger was elevated to sainthood and proclaimed the father of Neurodiversity […]
The Nazi History Behind Asperger
The following paragraphs were taken from an opinion piece recently published in the New York Times by Edith Sheffer (Sunday Review, March 31, 2018). Ms. Sheffer is a senior fellow […]
Paramount Pictures: Do not Produce “Neurotribes”, which is a book about Autism by Steve Silberman, as a Movie
The following post was written by a regular contributor Yuval Levental. Please go to the following url and sign your name: https://www.change.org/p/paramount-pictures-do-not-produce-neurotribes-which-is-a-book-about-autism-by-steve-silberman-as-a-movie?source_location=minibar Steve Silberman is an autism writer that trivializes […]
James Harris habla sobre los libros “Neurotribes” y “En un Tono Diferente”
Recientemente Jim Harris escribió una revisión crítica de dos libros los cuales tratan sobre la historia del autismo (JAACAP 55 [8]: 729-733, 2016). Uno de los libros reseñados fue Neurotribes […]
James Harris Discusses the Books Neurotribes and In a Different Key
Recently Jim Harris wrote a critical review of two published books dealing with the history of autism (JAACAP 55[8]:729-733, 2016). One of the books reviewed was Neurotribes written by […]
Una coincidencia historica entre el régimen nazi y el autismo
Es claro a estas alturas que Hans Asperger fue responsable de la muerte de muchos niños durante la ocupación del régimen nazi en Austria. La persona que descubrió esta conexión […]
