At the time of his death his TED talk on the “forgotten history of autism” had been viewed nearly two million times. Steve Silberman was born in Ithaca, New York, on December 23 1957 ...

A year before he died from a suspected heart attack, the journalist Steve Silberman posted this on Facebook: “When I die, please don’t say that I’ve crossed over into the spirit realm ...

Steve Silberman was one of the greatest writers ... In his mind, this was analogous to when RFK Jr. told talk show host Bill Maher that when he spoke to autistic people, "their brain is gone." ...