Steve Silberman
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584 appearances
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first heard Jan 2018
last heard Jul 2022
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And, you know, I've never read so many case histories in my life.
And I also, and in fact, I want to tell you this quick story.
One of the first things that I did for the book that turned out to be one of the most important things that I ever did for the book was that I went to an autistic retreat called Autreat.
So it was a retreat run by autistic people for autistic people.
I had to get an exemption, actually, as a neurotypical observer because normally it was just for autistic people.
So I spent a week with a bunch of great autistic adults, and there were some kids there, but mostly it was people in their 20s and 30s and 40s.
And it was one of the most liberating, stress-free, delightful, bluntly honest environments I've ever been in.
In other words, I was immersed in autistic culture.
And when I came back from that, for one thing, the neurotypical world, the so-called real world, you know, seemed awful.
It was like, you know, everyone was constantly pushing, you know, their own ego trips and lying slightly for social grease, you know.
In fact, I remember this hilarious moment at Autry when I met this guy the night before
And so I saw him the next morning.
And so I did the neurotypical thing and I went up to him and I said, Hey buddy, how did you sleep?
And he said, why?
And it was actually a really good question.
You know, why was I making this, you know, small talk?
So it was challenging in a good way.
And when I got back to my desk where I'm sitting right now to really, you know, tackle writing neurotribes, I, you know, I start writing a description of what autism is and,
You know, it was sort of a distillation of a thousand textbooks I'd read.
And I literally stopped myself and I said, Steve, what are you doing?
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