Autism’s journey from shadows to light
From ‘refrigerator mothers’ to ‘autreats,’ new book charts autism’s hopeful cultural trajectory
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Johns Hopkins doctor Leo Kanner published an influential paper in 1943 describing autistic children. This and a host of other moments from autism's past receive an accounting in NeuroTribes, a look at the progression of thought surrounding the condition.
Johns Hopkins University