NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity is a best-selling book by Steve Silberman describing the secret history of autism, and the future of the neurodiversity movement championed by autistic people and their loved ones. The book begins by focusing on the history of autism, from Kanner's push to suppress knowledge of the autism spectrum, to Asperger's autism-positive approach to protect autistic kids from eugenics, to the torture inflicted by Lovaas (the father of ABA), to the beginnings of the neurodiversity and autism rights movements.