Steve Silberman

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584 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2018 last heard Jul 2022

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I'm neurotypical.

And I think they have a valid point.

You know, imagine if a guy came along and said, I'm going to write the definitive history of feminism.

You know, white guy wrote, you know, the big book on the civil rights movement.

And I'm gay, you know.

And so if I heard, oh, there's this new book that everyone's reading about gayness that was written by a straight guy, I'd be like, really?

I mean, I wouldn't dismiss it, you know.

But in any case, I can't help that.

I was born this way.

I can't change.

I came to autism because I was a very well-established science writer at WIRED.

So I did not come to autism through a personal or family connection.

And one thing that I think is really interesting is that one of the most frequent reactions that I get from everyone pretty much is,

When I tell them I wrote a book about autism, they say, oh, do you have a child on the spectrum?

And I don't.

And what's weird about that is that if you think about it, I mean, autism is a huge thing.

Society has been enmeshed in controversies about autism for at least 20 years and, in fact, much longer.

Autism is also very common.

Lots of people are on the spectrum.

So why wouldn't a science writer write about it?

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