![]() ![]() “When I started writing about autism in 2001 I thought I was going to be doing journalism about a very rare neurological disorder,” Silberman told Reuters at the awards ceremony in London. Silberman’s is the first work of popular science to win the prestigious British award in its 17-year history and comes at a time of growing public awareness of the neurodevelopmental disorder that affects millions of people around the world, the prize committee said in awarding the prize to Silberman. ![]() LONDON (Reuters) - American writer Steve Silberman’s autism book “Neurotribes” won the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction on Monday and the author said he hoped the attention would help support efforts to have autistic people play a more productive role in society. ![]()
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