NEUROTRIBES

Autism is not a "disorder" or a "condition"; it's simply another way of being human. In this groundbreaking book, the first to offer a comprehensive view of the historical and scientific background of this watershed moment in our understanding of the mind, Wired reporter Steve Silberman offers a pitch for practical reforms in education, workplace, and culture that will speed progress towards a more equitable neurodiverse society. In 2001, Silberman wrote a feature for Wired about autism in Silicon Valley. Called "The Geek Syndrome", it was one of the first stories in the mainstream press to talk about the curiously persistent relationship between autistic traits and technology, to examine the notion that autistic traits convey cognitive gifts along with disabilities, and to focus on the emerging autism-rights, "neurodiversity" movement. Over a decade later, that article has helped to spawn an entire movement, and is still one of the most resonant pieces ever published on autism. The...