The dramatic and baffling upsurge in rates of autism diagnoses has spawned a brisk literary trade. If the incidence of autism has increased more than tenfold in the past decade (the statistics-like everything in the world of autism-are hotly debated), a flood of new books on the subject has more than kept pace. These books represent nearly as many genres as there are theories (...)
February 24, 2006
Books
The Science and Fiction of Autism
The Science and Fiction of Autismby Laura Schreibman
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