自閉群像：我們如何從治療異數，走到接納多元（經典週版，上、下冊）

In recent years, more and more people around the world have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). According to official US statistics, approximately 1 in 44 people are now on the autism spectrum. Steve Silberman, a renowned American tech journalist with close ties to Silicon Valley, noticed in 2000 while interviewing prominent figures in the high-tech field that people with autism seemed less rare than commonly thought. After investigating, he discovered that the "prevalence" of autism was a global phenomenon, but the reason was not the widely rumored vaccines, but rather a change in diagnostic standards—the standards set by Leo Kanner had been thoroughly overturned. Steve was also curious: What was wrong with the previous standards? What impact had Kanner's standards had in the decades prior? Thus, he dedicated over ten years to detailed investigation, sifting through the history of Kanner and Asperger's discovery of autism, explaining why one person's insights were buried for decades while another's dominated for so long. He delved deeper into the lesser-known history of psychiatry and even neuroscience, unearthing many surprising revelations and examples.