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Neurotribes
Neurotribes
Subtitle:
The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
Book Category:
Psychology > Psychopathology > Autism Spectrum Disorders
Author:
Silberman, Steve
Editor::
Newman, Megan
ISBN 13:
9780399185618
Price:
USD $19.00
Publication Year:
2016

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Penguin Random House.

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Book Description

Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it, finding surprising answers to why the number of diagnoses has soared in recent years.

 

Book Review and Awards

AWARD 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction, AWARD 2016 California Book Award, NOMINEE 2016 Wellcome Trust Book Prize