Overview
Many others played starring roles too: doctors like Leo Kanner, who pioneered our understanding of autism; lawyers like Tom Gilhool, who took the families' battle for education to the courtroom; scientists who sparred over how to treat autism; and those with autism, like Temple Grandin, Alex Plank, and Ari Ne'eman, who explained their inner worlds and championed the philosophy of neurodiversity. This is also a story of fierce controversies--from the question of whether there is truly an autism "epidemic," and whether vaccines played a part in it; to scandals involving "facilitated communication," one of many treatments that have proved to be blind alleys; to stark disagreements about whether scientists should pursue a cure for autism.
- | Author: John Donvan
- | Publisher: Broadway Books
- | Publication Date: January 17, 2017
- | Number of Pages: 688 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0307985709
- | ISBN-13: 9780307985705
