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The Double-Edged Sword of "Curing" His Asperger's
John Elder Robison, author of the memoir Look Me in the Eye and Switched On: A Memoir of Brain Change and Emotional Awakening (Spiegel & Grau, 2016), talks about what changed, for good and for ill, when he participated in a successful neurological study that "unlocked" his ability to read emotions.
Here's @johnrobison's essay about being autistic + undergoing treatment which allowed him to perceive social cues: https://t.co/m4PjbTp2gW
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) March 31, 2016