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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Autism Science, News and Opinions since 2003.
Autism research news, stories and the latest from Autism Science Foundation.
A site discussing autism related issues
BI-WEEKLY POSTS ON SCIENCY TOPICS