This article by Steve Silberman (1957-2024) was originally published in Scientific American in September 2023. Steve was an award-winning science writer whose articles have appeared in Wired, the New York Times, the New Yorker, the Financial Times, the Boston Globe, the MIT Technology Review, Nature, Salon, Shambhala Sun, and many other publications. His book NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity (2015), […]
