In A Different Key

Sepia-toned photo of five people sitting around a round table with a white tablecloth, dishes, and food.

On Hans Asperger, the Nazis, and Autism: A Conversation Across Neurologies

April 19, 2018 • By Maxfield Sparrow and Steve Silberman

Hans Asperger was, most likely, a complicated and conflicted man who recognized the potential of “autistic intelligence” long before anyone else did, but who was willing to go along with his Nazi bosses even when Jewish storefronts were burning in front of his eyes.

In A Different Key: One (Deeply Flawed) Story of Autism

January 5, 2016 • By M. Kelter

In A Different Key, autistic people are objectified—not seen as human beings, but instead as as problems to be solved. That’s how a sadistic child abuser with a cattle prod becomes the hero of this book.