"By unearthing the suppressed history of Hans Asperger’s research and critiquing Leo Kanner's narrow diagnostic criteria, Silberman argues that autism is not a modern epidemic but a natural human variation that requires social accommodation rather than medical eradication." 2. Structure Your Key Arguments

Contrast Leo Kanner’s "narrow" definition, which led to decades of parent-blaming and institutionalization, with Hans Asperger’s broader "continuum" view that recognized the unique gifts of "little professors".

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