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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism

by Steve Silberman

Baillie Gifford Prize · 2015 · Winner
AverynonfictionISBN 9781583334676

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Baillie Gifford Prize2015Winner

About This Book

A history of autism and the neurodiversity movement, arguing that autism has always been part of human diversity and challenging dominant narratives about the condition. Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize.

About the Author

Steve Silberman is an American science writer and the author of NeuroTribes, which won the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2015. NeuroTribes tells the history of autism and argues for neurodiversity. He is a contributing editor at Wired.

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