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John Elder Robison

Biography

John Elder Robison

John Elder Robison is a world-recognized authority on life with autism, and the New York Times bestselling author of LOOK ME IN THE EYE, BE DIFFERENT and RAISING CUBBY. Robison is the neurodiversity scholar in residence at the College of William & Mary, and he serves on the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, which produces the U.S. government’s strategic plan for autism spectrum disorder research. A machine aficionado and avid photographer, Robison lives with his family in Amherst, Massachusetts.

John Elder Robison

Books by John Elder Robison

by John Elder Robison - Memoir, Nonfiction

In 2007, John Elder Robison wrote the international bestseller LOOK ME IN THE EYE, a memoir about growing up with Asperger’s syndrome. Amid the blaze of publicity that followed, he received a unique invitation: Would John like to take part in a study led by one of the world’s foremost neuroscientists, who would use an experimental new brain therapy known as TMS, or transcranial magnetic stimulation, in an effort to understand and then address the issues at the heart of autism? SWITCHED ON is the extraordinary story of what happened next.