Age of Autism: An American Classic

Most of the time the autism community moves ahead in small steps, but other times we make great strides. So it is with the publication of Olmsted and Blaxill’s seminal work, The Age of Autism: Mercury, Medicine, and a Man-made Epidemic. Today, we take a giant stride forward.

Tracing the destruction caused by mercury in medicine throughout the centuries, Olmsted and Blaxill deconstruct modern-day arguments that rest on shoddy science and manipulative semantics. Clearly written and rigorously annotated, Olmsted and Blaxill’s work is chilling in the truths it uncovers.

Olmsted and Blaxill’s historical perspective masterfully defines the problem and neatly sidesteps the current backdrop of denials that extend from your doctor to boardrooms to government agencies in painting a picture that becomes painfully obvious the more one understands the underlying context.

In the final analysis, the book is not about awareness or education: it’s a call to action. Unlike To Kill a Mockingbird, The Age of Autism is not a work of fiction, yet it raises the same moral questions of social justice and the destruction of innocence. Like Silent Spring, it draws your attention to the environment and in this case to the unfolding and continuing autism crisis.

And, like both, it will become an American classic. Subversive in its subject matter and prescriptive in its remedy, its impact will be felt immediately and for generations to come.

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