Neurodiversity
Episode description
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Today we���re tapping the storytelling skills of veteran science and tech reporter, Steve Silberman.
In 2015, Silberman���s book NeuroTribes: The legacy of autism and the future of neurodiversity was published and soon took a place on The New York Times bestseller list. And in Britain, it was awarded the Samuel Johnson prize for best nonfiction writing in English.
The work was groundbreaking:��exploring both the legacy of autism, but also the future of neurodiversity. ��It brought clarity where there had often been confusion and it began to explore new avenues and answer questions that have lead to even more fascinating questions.
Steve Silberman is Se��n's guest on today's program.
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With this podcast episode, we���re inaugurating a project to collect oral histories of autism ��� stories from autistic��people and people who work alongside them, or care for them, or love them.
Let us know if you���re interested in being part of that project and would like to tell us your story.
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Steve Silverman's website www.stevesilberman.com includes an extensive list of resources for parents, clinicians, and autistic people (many written by autistic people.)��
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NeuroTribes: The legacy of autism and the future of neurodiversity by Steve Silberman
The forgotten history of autism (TED)��
The Institute for the Study of the Neurologically Typical (ISNT)
Autistic Self-Advocacy Network��
Don't Mourn for Us by Jim Sinclair (Our Voice, 1993)
An Anthropologist on Mars by Oliver Sacks (The New Yorker, Dec 27, 1993)
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