I have been studying Autism lately, reading broadly about the disorder including it's history. 

            One of the worst times in the history of understanding this neurodevelopmental disorder was int eh 1960s when Mothers and Fathers were blamed for the condition. 

            The blame game it's called in Donvan and Zucker's 2016 book entitled "In a Different Voice: The Story of Autism." I read their chapter which begins their section on this issue. Please, please, please don't blame parents for their children's autism. It is scientifically untenable and unloving and unkind and unhelpful.

            Use the following link to hear me read the aforementioned chapter to you.

            https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ehr9mrv51ofj6dg/AACe3DXBvn3RU7FwvRT8hGI7a?dl=0


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