Steve Silberman

Steve Silberman is an American writer based in San Francisco, CA. Silberman is best known as a writer for Wired magazine, where he has been an editor and contributor for 14 years. In 2010, Silberman was awarded the AAAS "Kavli Science Journalism Award for Magazine Writing." His featured article "The Placebo Problem"[1] discussed the impact of placebos on the pharmaceutical industry.[2]

Silberman is writing a book that will be published in 2015 about autism and neurodiversity.[3][4] Silberman's Wired article "The Geek Syndrome",[5] which focused on Autism in Silicon Valley, has been referenced by many sources and has been described as a culturally significant article for the autism community.[6] Silberman's Twitter account made Time magazine's list of the best Twitter feeds for the year 2011.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Silberman, Steve. Placebos Are Getting More Effective. Drugmakers Are Desperate to Know Why. Wired magazine, Issue 17.09, Aug. 2009. Accessed 10-18-2013
  2. ↑ Communicating Science: A Conversation with Science Writer Steve Silberman. Kavli Foundation. Accessed 10-18-2013
  3. ↑ Anders, Charlie Jane. Why do we want autistic kids to have superpowers? io9, January 25, 2012. Accessed 10-18-2013
  4. ↑ Pan, Deanna. The Media's Post-Newtown Autism Fail, Mother Jones, December 22, 2012. Accessed 10-18-2013
  5. ↑ Silberman, Steve. The Geek Syndrome. Wired magazine, Issue 09.12, Dec. 2001. Accessed 10-18-2013
  6. ↑ Shepard, Neil Patrick. Rewiring Difference and Disability: Narratives of Asperger's Syndrome in the Twenty-First Century, 2010, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Bowling Green State University, American Culture Studies/Ethnic Studies. Accessed 10-18-2013
  7. ↑ Melnick, Meredith. The 140 Best Twitter Feeds of 2011, Time, March 28, 2011. Accessed 10-18-2013