Category Archives: Diagnoses of autism

Steve Silberman on Hans Asperger

Hans Asperger was born in 1906 in Austria-Hungary, and died in 1980. It was only after his death that his work began to be better known. He worked with – especially – children who would now attract the diagnosis that bears … Continue reading

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Gabor Maté – Toxic Culture, Bioneers Conference 2012

‘The birth and death of any phenomena is connected to the birth and death of all other phenomena. The one contains the many, and the many contains the one.’ The Buddha Insightful talk that the ever-watchable Gabor Maté gave at … Continue reading

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Antidepressants and autism: David Kupelian

Antidepressants and autism: David Kupelian Must read for parents, parents to be, therapists….well, all of us really. Thanks, Brent Dean Robbins for this interesting post on Society for Humanistic Psychology, Division 32’s Facebook page. Click on the title to go … Continue reading

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