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This excellent book is very timely, important, and relevant. It is wonderful to have all of these extremely important issues presented in such a cogent and compelling fashion. Siegel is someone who is never afraid to walk out on that limb and say things that others will not say and which may be unpopular. She speaks the truth, like it or not. This book will anger some people while giving solace to others. This is a book people will definitely talk about. I love it. -- Laura Schreibman, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of California, San Diego With 40 years of contributions to the field, Dr. Siegel offers a scientifically informed, pragmatic, long term view on the unmet needs of children and adults with autism and how the politics of autism have failed them. Dr. Siegel suggests reasonable and practical measures to optimize intervention and support for the individual child and his family that we should take seriously. The issues raised in The Politics of Autism extend much beyond autism and should be of interest to a larger audience of families whose children have been affected by different types of disability. -- Eric Fombonne, MD, Oregon Health & Science University, Professor of Psychiatry, Director of Autism Research, Institute on Development & Disability

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Dr. Bryna Siegel is a developmental psychologist, founder and Executive Director of the Autism Center of Northern California. She is retired as Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. Her career spans 40 years of working on autism diagnosis, education, and treatment. Her interest in the politics of autism grows from years of work on autism diagnosis, autism education, and observing the lives of families living with autism.

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