Steve Silberman

Este libro muestra los amplios cambios registrados en el diagnóstico del autismo en el ºltimo siglo y demuestra cómo los nocivos estereotipos asociados a las personas autistas impiden que nuestra cultura alcance todo su potencial. Este apasionante relato revela tambien el concepto de neurodiversidad, la idea de que las diferencias neurologicas como el autismo, la dislexia y el TDAH no son errores de la naturaleza, sino el resultado de variaciones naturales en el genoma humano. Cuando entendamos que estas variaciones pueden dotar de unas habilidades y aptitudes extraordinarias, podremos dar un giro cultural que reconozca y celebre una gama mas amplia de formas de inteligencia humana.

Winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionShortlisted for the Wellcome Book PrizeShortlisted for the MJA Health Book of the Year AwardShortlisted for the BMA Medical Book AwardsA Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellerForeword by Oliver SacksWhat 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 understanding it. Following on from his groundbreaking article The Geek Syndrome, Wired reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it, and finds surprising answers to the crucial question of why the number of diagnoses has soared in recent years.Going back to the earliest autism research and chronicling the brave and lonely journey of autistic people and their families through the decades, Silberman provides long-sought solutions to the autism puzzle while casting light on the growing movement of neurodiversity and mapping out a path towards a more humane world for people with learning differences.

Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fictionA New York Times bestsellerForeword by Oliver SacksWhat 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 understanding it.Following on from his groundbreaking article ''The Geek Syndrome'', Wired reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it, and finds surprising answers to the crucial question of why the number of diagnoses has soared in recent years.Going back to the earliest autism research and chronicling the brave and lonely journey of autistic people and their families through the decades, Silberman provides long-sought solutions to the autism puzzle while casting light on the growing movement of ''neurodiversity'' and mapping out a path towards a more humane world for people with learning differences.

Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non Fiction Shortlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize A Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Foreword by Oliver Sacks 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 understanding it Following on from his groundbreaking article The Geek Syndrome Wired reporter Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism long suppressed by the same clinicians who became famous for discovering it and finds surprising answers to the crucial question of why the number of diagnoses has soared in recent years Going back to the earliest autism research and chronicling the brave and lonely journey of autistic people and their families through the decades Silberman provides long sought solutions to the autism puzzle while casting light on the growing movement of neurodiversity and mapping out a path towards a more humane world for people with learning differences

Primer libro de ciencia ganador del premio Samuel Johnson¿Qué es el autismo? O más importante aún, ¿podemos aislar y eliminar el gen del autismo sin acabar con los genios? El periodista Steve Silberman trabajaba hace una decada en una serie de entrevistas sobre los grandes genios de Silicon Valley cuando cayo en la cuenta de que muchos de ellos tenian hijos autistas. Siguio investigando y recopilando las informaciones que ahora presenta en esta obra que da cuenta del hallazgo y evolucion del trastorno, pero tambien de las implicaciones sociales y politicas que ha tenido su tratamiento y estudio. Porque esas dos ideas que definen a los autistas, bien como genios con unas habilidades unicas, bien como las victimas de un trastorno con discapacidades severas, no solo perdura, sino que esta en el origen mismo de su diagnostico. Leo Kanner, en Estados Unidos, y Hans Asperger, en la Viena ocupada, fueron dos medicos que en los años cuarenta trabajaron de forma simultanea con pacientes afectados. La segunda guerra mundial mantendria ocultos durante decadas los estudios de Asperger y se impondria asi la vision pesimista de Kanner, que consideraba al autismo como una grave dolencia de origen psiquico, estigmatizando y martirizando con ello a los pacientes y a sus familias. Sin embargo, hoy sabemos que el autismo es ...