Book Review: Autism: A Social and Medical History
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Autism, disability studies, Mitzi Waltz
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Author: Mitzi Waltz
Reviewer: Mark Romoser
Publisher: New York: Palgrave Macmillan, www.palgrave.com, 2013.
Hardcover: ISBN 978-0-230-52750-8
Cost: $85.00, 188 pages
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Mark Romoser, Silicon Valley Center for Independent Living
Mark Romoser was diagnosed with autism at the age of 4, by the renowned Dr. Leo Kanner. After attending eight different schools and two colleges, he became a cum laude graduate of Yale in 1985. Mark has worked with top researchers in the autism field, including Dr. Fred Volkmar at Yale. Most recently, Mark has been employed at Silicon Valley Center for Independent Living, in San Jose, California, as a community advocate. Mark has presented on his personal experience with autism for over twenty years. He may be contacted at: markr@svilc.org.