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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity is a book by Steve Silberman that discusses autism and neurodiversity [1] from historic, scientific, and advocacy-based perspectives. NeuroTribes was awarded the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2015, [2] [3] and has received wide acclaim from both the scientific and the popular press.
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Somebody Somewhere takes up Williams' story after her diagnosis with autism at the age of 26 after a childhood often thought deaf, labelled psychotic, then disturbed. In this book, Williams becomes a teacher and goes on to work with children on the autistic spectrum before being thrust into the public eye upon the accidental publication of her ...
Finally, the book ends with an expanded emphasis on Grandin's life and the strengths those with autism have, including attention to detail, pattern identification, and more that benefits them in mainstream society. [9] [10] Grandin suggests as a closing that children should be defined by their strengths rather than by their deficits. [11]
4. Newsflesh by Mira Grant. Genre: Dystopian Fiction Books in series: Feed, Deadline, Blackout, Feedback They may not include all the gory zombie action that you’ve seen on countless episodes of ...
Robison was born in Athens, Georgia, while his parents were attending the University of Georgia.He is the son of poet Margaret Robison (1935–2015) and John G. Robison (1935–2005), former head of the philosophy department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. [2]
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Pages in category "Books about autism" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
She has co-written two books on autism with Dr. Lynn Kern Koegel of the Koegel Autism Research Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara. In the first, Overcoming Autism , she writes at the end of each chapter about her son, who was diagnosed with autism at age two and a half.