Selected reading for World Autism Awareness Day

In honor of World Autism Awareness Day, we offer the following reading selections to further your understanding of autism, which affects nearly 67 million people worldwide:

Matthew's Enigma: A Father's Portrait of His Autistic Son
Matei Calinescu

"[Matthew's Enigma] is at once the journal of a father following closely the development of his son with autism, from childhood to a youth brutally interrupted by death, and a detailed study of the literature on autism, full of personal insights. ...This extraordinary book is a profound meditation on the fragility and the enigma of human existence itself." —Norman Manea, author of On Clowns: The Dictator and the Artist

The Ethics of Autism: Among Them, but Not of Them
Deborah R. Barnbaum

"This book will be of great interest to philosophers and students of philosophy on the issues of autism and what it means to be a person." —Temple Grandin, author of Thinking in Pictures