Amy S.F. Lutz
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) and Severe Autism
In this interview, we discuss:
- Severe Autism
- Electroconvulsive Therapy and its benefits
- Decrease in aggressive behaviors
- Amy’s personal experience with an increased quality of family life
About the Speaker
Amy S.F. Lutz’s writing on severe autism has appeared on many platforms, including The Atlantic, Slate, and Psychology Today. Her first book, Each Day I Like It Better: Autism, ECT, and the Treatment of Our Most Impaired Children, was published in 2014 by Vanderbilt University Press, and her second book, We Walk: Life with Severe Autism, will be published in October by Cornell University Press. She is currently completing a doctorate in the history of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children. Her oldest son, Jonah, 21, is severely autistic.
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