edith sheffer on "asperger's children: the origins of autism in nazi vienna." [applause] >> thank you. i made it. thank you so much for that kind introduction and the invitation to speak here today. can anyone hear me all right? and thank you. it is certainly an honor. i'm going to be presenting an overview of my book, "asperger's children," which focuses on the creation -- getting some reverberation. which focuses on the creation of the autism diagnosis and train to vienna. i would like to be sensitive to the subject. i know many people in this room probably know at least one person, a friend, relative, loved one who has been diagnosed with autism or after first disorder and the material and presenting is quite disturbing. i do think it is important that this information be known. one in 59 children are now diagnosed on the autism spectrum in the united states. this is up from one in 5000 in 1875. this is an exponential rise. so what is going on? the reason for the rise are much debated, medical, genetic, environmental. one of the many factors is that han aspe