Autism and Us: Old as Time

Autism

is old and unruly. It's been a part of us since we first left handprints on

cave walls 40,000 year--s ago. AUTISM AND US covers a long-stretch

view of its neurological history and how society has judged it. With

quotes from old medical records, folk-tale beliefs, and Victorian literature,

the book conjures up the 19th century- mix of ignorance, cruelty,

fumbling knowledge, and surprising love that led to the first medical

recognition of autism as a social disorder. From that medically significant

recognition has grown our present day neurological and cognitive

understanding.





Eustacia

Cutler, autism expert and mother of Temple Grandin, delivers a colorful and

reliable account of the pioneers it has taken for autism to gain understanding

and acceptance in families, neighborhoods, schools and job markets.