Steve Silberman's Neurotribes is the book 'families affected by autism have long deserved'

The winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction is optimistic about how the world can become a better place for autism

The late neurologist, Oliver Sacks, called Neurotribes a “sweeping and penetrating history” of autism, presented with a “rare sympathy and sensitivity”. Describing the author, Steve Silberman, Sacks noted that he knew of “no one else who had spent so much time simply listening”.

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