RIP: Steve Silberman

[mellowtigger]

I passed along the news on Mastodon, and I removed my follow of him on Mastodon. I thought I'd share here too, since I know one or two people here have mentioned the book "Neurotribes" before.

Steve Silberman was the author of "NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity". He died this week. Even Rolling Stone magazine wrote a tribute article. Last year, he had the following to say about his eventual death.

• "When I die, please don't say that I've crossed over into the spirit realm, gone to the Other Side, moved on to a better place, rejoined my ancestors, or any other of those comforting fables. Just selfishly or selflessly use my own impermanence to WAKE UP to your own."

Comments

[mallorys_camera]

I knew Steve slightly from the Well.

What stood out for me about him was that he was a very, very kind man, warm & pleasant to everyone & not because he was a pushover either. He was that rare combo, very smart & completely unjudgemental.

I was sad to hear of his death.

[kathmandu]

Oh, I'd seen him posting news on Mastodon for a few months, and then saw the announcements of his death, but I didn't know he'd written that book.

This is a sad loss to the world.