Potentials, not problems

摘要

The "Wizard of Clapham Common" tinkers with copper conductors and wire rods, a socially awkward student creates the first amateur radio transmitter, a young boy solves logic problems in his head, but when tested formally jumps down from his desk and slaps the examiner. The characters Steve Silberman introduces us to in Neuro Tribes are complicated, to say the least. But through their complex minds and behaviours, he carefully peels back the layers of medical history that have radically altered the diagnosis of autism and argues that widespread misconceptions about the condition are preventing our culture from reaching its full potential.