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4.17 AVERAGE
4.17 AVERAGE
Not ready to finish this in light of my recent autism diagnosis
Written by an autistic journalist and person of color, this books examines what it's like to be autistic largely through the lens of policy and law, which has been a double-edged sword for autistic people. It is really eye-opening, difficult to read at times, and comforting/ highly relatable at others.
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3.25
This is a great book if you want to learn about misconceptions around autism and how they shape the current policies in place in America. As well as how things are slowly changing. I think it's a wonderful tool for educating yourself on autism.
That being said I had some issues pop up while reading that are purely personal preference but did affect my reading experience.
- The input from other autistic voices is very scattered. It seems like every paragraph or two there's a quote from a different person and it made it very difficult for me to keep things organized in my head.
- I wish there was an indicator for exactly which source is being cited in the text. He does list his sources in the notes, but be goes by page number and some pages have multiple sources so I wish there was an indicator in the text itself.
- He goes through a long list of victims of police violence and how the current system fails POC but still says not all cops are bad?? Like maybe not intentionally malicious, but the system that cops belong to itself is bad and they uphold that system. Like you're free to disagree but for me it just felt wild.
So I think I'm landing on a 3.25 for this one cause there is a lot of great information and I would recommend it, just not a great reading experience for me.
This is a great book if you want to learn about misconceptions around autism and how they shape the current policies in place in America. As well as how things are slowly changing. I think it's a wonderful tool for educating yourself on autism.
That being said I had some issues pop up while reading that are purely personal preference but did affect my reading experience.
- The input from other autistic voices is very scattered. It seems like every paragraph or two there's a quote from a different person and it made it very difficult for me to keep things organized in my head.
- I wish there was an indicator for exactly which source is being cited in the text. He does list his sources in the notes, but be goes by page number and some pages have multiple sources so I wish there was an indicator in the text itself.
- He goes through a long list of victims of police violence and how the current system fails POC but still says not all cops are bad?? Like maybe not intentionally malicious, but the system that cops belong to itself is bad and they uphold that system. Like you're free to disagree but for me it just felt wild.
So I think I'm landing on a 3.25 for this one cause there is a lot of great information and I would recommend it, just not a great reading experience for me.
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