Neurotribes: How the Cookie Crumbles
I am reblogging this post from 4-5 years ago. It complements yesterday’s blog by Jill Escher in regards to Neurotribes. The same can be regarded as my own personal opinion […]
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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 […]
We must look beyond DNA to understand the heritability of autism
The strong heritability of autism spectrum disorder has prompted the field to take a “genetics first” approach, emphasizing a hunt for DNA-based clues in affected individuals and their family members. […]
Heritable Effects of General Anesthesia
What is causing the staggering increase in autism prevalence? So far research has yielded few answers. In this recent letter to leaders at the NIH, research philanthropist Jill Escher, who […]
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 […]
Immersed: Our Experience with Autism
“Immersed” Takes an Unflinching View of Severe Autism [This review first appeared at https://www.sfautismsociety.org/blog/immersed-take-an-unflinching-view-of-severe-autism in January of 2017.] (Clickable image to link in Amazon) Immersed: Our Experience with Autism Text […]
Six Things to Love About “Autism Uncensored”
Jill Escher is the mother of two children with nonverbal autism, a provider of low-income housing for adults with developmental disabilities, and president of Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area, […]
The Decline and Fall of “Autism”
After Simon Baron-Cohen suggests autism lose its status as a disorder and instead be considered a variant like left-handedness or homosexuality, this stupefied mom marvels at the collapse of meaning […]
The Complacency Monster that Ate Autism
The following blog was written by Jill Escher, president of the Autism Society San Francisco Bay Area. Jill is an autism research philanthropist (Escher Fund for Autism), a provider of […]
