The Ancient History of Autism

I've been doing some reading this morning on the ancient history of Autism and thought I'd share. I'm not sure what I make of all of these reviews but I like the idea that our ancient ancestors would have valued autistic individuals for their specialist knowledge. Feel free to share your thoughts on these articles.

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/autism-stone-age-evolution/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/my-life-aspergers/201602/were-the-timekeepers-the-ancient-world-autistic

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/147470491100900209

Parents Reply
  • It’s really interesting to read the explanations that people came up with for possibly autism, centuries ago.

    I’ve got one of Attwood’s books, I’ll have a look in it later to see if there are any references to Wing.

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