Steve Silberman
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584 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jan 2018
last heard Jul 2022
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And they were so right.
You know, I mean, this is embarrassing to admit, but I didn't use any high tech.
you know, software or anything to write the book.
It was a word file for five years.
It was a single word file.
And so I didn't even really like this is a secret.
I haven't even really said this in public, but I didn't even really know how long it was until I got an advanced reading copy.
And I was like, oh, my God, it looks like a phone book.
I've been sitting here for five years.
Well, thank you.
I wanted to ask you a question.
When you started to notice that Asher was different, did you ever feel like you were kind of bombarded with negative messaging about what could be happening to him and what his potential was?
there was, you know, one of the things I write about in the book is that there were really a couple of generations of parents that heard nothing but bad news, you know, about their kid's potential, like doctors would
Say, I mean, I literally I think I have a quote in the book.
This is a fate worse than death, but you must learn to bear it.
And it came along with all kinds of parent blaming because the prevailing theory among psychoanalysts for most of the 20th century was that autism was caused by, you know, so-called refrigerator parenting.
And so for a couple of generations, not only did you have to deal with your child's difficult behavior, but you had to deal with scorn and guilt from the rest of society because the leading authorities in psychiatry were saying that you caused your child's condition.
So I have to say that as I've, you know, gone on book tour and stuff, there were times when I get to meet these really older parents whose kids were diagnosed and the
you know, even in the 50s.
And I am so in awe of their ability to not only take care of their kids, but to fight to change laws so that all disabled kids, not even just kids with autism, but so that all disabled kids would have equal access to education.
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