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A new book recounts the forgotten history of autism

Medicine

We tend to think of autism as a modern disease — “the unique disorder of our uniquely disordered times,” as author Steve Silberman writes in a new book. But that idea, he says, doesn’t quite square with the facts. The real history of autism is less known and more tragic — both for the people who suffered from the disorder and for the doctor, Hans Asperger, whose pioneering ideas about autism were long neglected.

Rate of autism diagnoses rises dramatically, cause unknown

Health & Medicine

Asperger’s syndrome and a Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic

Arts, Culture & Media

Mother of Child with Asperger’s: ‘Autism Is Not an Explanatory Factor in [Adam Lanza’s] Actions’

Redefining Autism: How it Could Change Treatment and Policy

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On the Spectrum

Global Politics

Jonathan Mitchell is a writer from Los Angeles. He wrote a novel about his life experience with Asperger’s syndrome, an autism-spectrum disorder. Independent producer Tamar Brott met Mitchell in a writing class a few years ago.

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Tim Page

Business, Economics and Jobs

Pulitzer Prize-winning music critic Tim Page always knew that he was different. It wasn’t until his 40’s that he was diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism. Page’s new memoir, Parallel Play, looks back at his life and how the syndrome was an asset to his success.

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Is Asperger’s Hollywood’s Disease du Jour?

Arts, Culture & Media

Movies and novels are increasingly giving men with Asperger’s the leading role. The Takeaway asks New York Times health editor David Corcoran and New York Magazine film critic David Edelstein how such films affect the community they portray.

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