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Silberman begins his talk by sketching out why autism has become such an emergent motif in the developing cultural panorama of the 21<sup>st</sup> century. Highlighting a graph showing an <span class="s1"><a href="https://autismspeaksblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/prevalence-graph1.jpg" target="_blank">inexorable and steep increase in the prevalence of autism</a> over recent decades</span>, Silberman notes that the increase is a departure from Kanner’s own assertions that autism is a rare entity. Indeed, the steepening slope has led some people–and high-profile autism-related organizations–to assert that autism is an epidemic, like, as Silberman says, something you could “catch from another kid <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/tarahaelle/2015/01/20/five-things-to-know-about-the-disneyland-measles-outbreak/" target="_blank" class="exit_trigger_set">at Disneyland</a>.”
Why Were Cases of Autism So Hard to Find Before the 1990s?
forbes.com
Autoritarismus wird nicht mehr von einer Partei, sondern von einer Person durchgesetzt. Donald. Boris. Sebastian.
Rechts, Das Neue Normal – An.schläge – Das Feministische Magazin
Natascha Strobl
The deepest effect of burning books is emotional. When libraries burn, the books are sometimes described as being “wounded” or as “casualties,” just as human beings would be.
The Library Book
Susan Orlean
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