5/27/2023 0 Comments John donvan in a different key![]() In 2010 they wrote an excellent article in the Atlantic magazine in which they tracked down one of the first children to be diagnosed with autism in 1943. Like Silberman, the two authors, Caren Zucker and John Donvan, are American journalists who have spent many years researching their book. In a Different Key: The Story of Autism covers some of the same ground – the debates about defining and diagnosing a condition that still has no clear biological markers, the consequent anxiety about whether autism is actually on the increase and, if so, what could be the causes and what are the best ways to educate and accommodate people on the spectrum over their lifetime. A few months after the publication of Steve Silberman’s Samuel Johnson prize-winning Neurotribes, another detailed examination of autism’s complex evolution appears in bookshops. ![]() ![]() I s autism having a moment? Two new books examining its history, both more than 500 pages, would certainly seem to indicate that it is. ![]()
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