Lee Tang 
Summary & Study Guide – NeuroTribes 
The Legacy of Autism

A Comprehensive View of Autism Past and Present

This book is a summary of "Neuro Tribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity" by Steve Silberman.

In Neuro Tribes , the award-winning science journalist Steve Silberman changes the societal conversation about autism with a groundbreaking and comprehensive history of this much-talked-about but little-understood condition. The book reveals a perfect storm that led to the sudden increase in diagnosis beginning in the 1990s. It describes how parents were bombarded with conflicting and misleading information on the causes and potential cures of the disease. It also describes how to embrace the concept of neurodiversity to build a better world for autistic people rather than searching for potential causes and risk factors.

Read this summary and learn more about autism from multiple perspectives—parents, scientists, activists, and the autistic people themselves.

This guide includes:

• Book Summary —The summary helps you understand the key ideas and recommendations.


• Online Videos —On-demand replay of public lectures, and seminars on the topics covered in the chapter.

Value-added of this guide:

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• Understand key concepts


• Expand your knowledge