Neurotribes: The Legacy Of Autism And The Futur... [PROVEN]

For nearly 50 years, Kanner’s restrictive model dominated, leading to the institutionalization of countless children and the erasure of autistic adults from public life. Silberman argues that this suppression is why the sudden rise in diagnoses in the 1990s seemed like a new epidemic; in reality, it was simply the rediscovery of the broader spectrum Asperger had first described. The Concept of Neurodiversity

The narrative begins by contrasting the work of two researchers in the 1940s who discovered autism almost simultaneously, but defined it in vastly different ways: NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Futur...

In the 1940s, Asperger viewed autism as a broad, lifelong spectrum. He recognized his "little professors" as individuals with unique talents in areas like science and math. Most critically, he attempted to protect these children from Nazi eugenics programs by emphasizing their potential social value to the Reich, such as their aptitude for code-breaking. For nearly 50 years, Kanner’s restrictive model dominated,