


“Not everything that steps out of the line, and is thus ‘abnormal,’ must necessarily be ‘inferior.’” –Hans Asperger

NeuroTribes, Steve Silberman on a haunting history and new hope for autistic people By Emily Willingham, PhD Victoria Costello, PLOS Senior Social Media & Communities Editor. Willingham’s review and interview follow, with her full bio at the bottom of this post. To mark the publication of the book NeuroTribes (Avery/Penguin Random House) by Steve Silberman, whose blog of the same name has been hosted on the PLOS BLOGS Network since 2010, we invited independent science writer Emily Willingham, PhD to review the book and conduct an in-depth interview with the author.
