An insider account of the "solitary confinement" and "second-hand realities" of autism
Birger Sellin Book order
February 1, 1973
Birger Sellin was the first functionally non-verbal autistic author to be published in Germany. His early works, largely poetry and translated worldwide, offered crucial insights into the autistic mind. Sellin's contributions sparked intense debate regarding facilitated communication for non-verbal individuals, highlighting profound questions about expression and understanding.
- 1995
- 1995
Judged incurably autistic, mute since the age of two, Sellin astonished the world when, at the age of 18, he began to express himself in writing, pouring out thoughts and feelings that no one suspected he understood. The uncompromisingly honest messages he sends to humanity without me will touch the lives of everyone who reads them.