--- title: "4 Steve Silberman Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "American writer and journalist (1957–2024)... | Stephen Louis Silberman was an American writer for Wired magazine and was an editor and contributor ther..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/steve-silberman-69835_adhd_neurodiversity-the-notion-that-condition_371861.jpg" --- # Steve Silberman (1957–2024) Writer **4** quotes in **7** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Steve Silberman was a writer. ## Quick Facts About Steve Silberman Born December 23, 1957 Died August 28, 2024 Profession Writer ## About Steve Silberman American writer and journalist (1957–2024)... \| Stephen Louis Silberman was an American writer for Wired magazine and was an editor and contributor there for more than two decades. In 2010, Silberman was awarded the AAAS "Kavli Science Journalism Award for Magazine Writing." His featured article, known as "The Placebo Problem", discussed the impa ## Quotes by Steve Silberman > [“neurodiversity: the notion that conditions like autism, dyslexia, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should be regarded as naturally occurring cognitive variations with distinctive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-silberman/neurodiversity-the-notion-that-conditions-like-autism-dyslexia-and/) Steve Silberman [Adhd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adhd/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/steve-silberman-69835_adhd_neurodiversity-the-notion-that-condition_371861.jpg) > [“Write me a creature that thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man. —JOHN…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-silberman/write-me-a-creature-that-thinks-as-well-as-a-man-or-better-than-a-man/) Steve Silberman [Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce4/steve-silberman-69835_animals_write-me-a-creature-that-thinks-as-well_1388001.jpg) > [ “After \[Paul\] Schilder mentioned that he had treated a schizophrenic teenager with psychoanalysis because the “sex center” and “fear center” of the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-silberman/after-paul-schilder-mentioned-that-he-had-treated-a-schizophrenic/) Steve Silberman [Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87b/steve-silberman-69835_fear_after-paul-schilder-mentioned-that-he-ha_1586731.jpg) > [“Pulp devotees did not invent the word fan (derived from the Latin fanaticus , "possessed by divine madness") but they established the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-silberman/pulp-devotees-did-not-invent-the-word-fan-derived-from-the-latin/) Steve Silberman [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/steve-silberman-69835_art_pulp-devotees-did-not-invent-the-word-fa_2718013.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-silberman/#itemlist", "name": "Steve Silberman Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“neurodiversity: the notion that conditions like autism, dyslexia, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) should be regarded as naturally occurring cognitive variations with distinctive strengths that have contributed to the evolution of technology and culture rather than mere checklists of deficits and dysfunctions.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steve Silberman" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-silberman/neurodiversity-the-notion-that-conditions-like-autism-dyslexia-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/steve-silberman-69835_adhd_neurodiversity-the-notion-that-condition_371861.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/steve-silberman-69835_adhd_neurodiversity-the-notion-that-condition_371861.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca4/steve-silberman-69835_adhd_neurodiversity-the-notion-that-condition_371861.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“neurodiversity: the notion that conditions like autism, dyslexia, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity…” — Steve Silberman", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Write me a creature that thinks as well as a man, or better than a man, but not like a man. —JOHN W. 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