NEUROTRIBES/ THE LEGACY OF AUTISM AND HOW TO THINK SMARTER ABOUT PEOPLE WHO THIN

What is autism: a devastating developmental condition, a lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more - and the future of our society depends on our underst anding it. Following on from his groundbreaking article 'The Geek Syndrome', Wired reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret hist ory of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it, and finds surprising answers to the cruc ial quest...[Llegir més]