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My strong personal interest in library provision on this subject stems from a terrifying experience in my very first library post – Holborn public reference library, London Borough of Camden 1969. I was approached on the enquiry desk by a woman saying, “The doctor says my little boy has got autism. What is it exactly, and are there any books on how to treat it at home?” You try inflicting that on a trainee library assistant.
In the succeeding 35 years a vast amount of research has been done on autism. My library's catalogue now lists 228 books on the...
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