Steve Silberman is an autism writer that trivializes the disabilities that autistics face.  When he was criticized for not including descriptions of low functioning autistics that wear diapers and bang their heads in his book Neurotribes, he said about diaper-wearing and head-banging that "Disability is Part of the Human Experience".

The book Neurotribes claims that famous figures in history were autistic, but does not give much evidence to support those claims.  Additionally, the book only offers vague and questionable solutions for employment among Autistics.  He claims that the largest rise of the rate of Autism in California was in Silicon Valley, but this is actually no larger compared to most of California.

He will be speaking at the Victorian Autism Conference 2016 on Thursday, September 1, 2016.  He must be stopped, as Amaze Australia must openly recognize and not trivialize the extent of the negative effects of Autism.