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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman
9 reviews
tinyplanet's review against another edition
3.5
The book is white- and Western-centric, primarily focused on Austria, the UK, and the US, where most formal research on autism has been done. Silberman does include the voices of some girls and sometimes autistic mothers, plus Temple Grandin. There are some mentions of Japanese families, but very little said about minorities in the US or lower socioeconomic classes.
Silberman attempts to let the facts stand for themselves. In doing so, he does not take a strong stand against some of the figures who committed abuses. Asperger is presented as Nazi-lite. Electrocution is clearly bad, but the insidious frameworks that ins ired such a "treatment" are not fully confronted. Inference is required to identify all of the issues that Silberman presents.
This book may have the most content warnings of any book I have reviewed, although none of it is gratuitous.
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Bullying, Confinement, Physical abuse, Ableism, and Child abuse
Moderate: Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism, Genocide, Grief, Self harm, Suicide attempt, War, Medical content, Transphobia, Violence, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Torture, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Miscarriage, Fatphobia, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Addiction, Excrement, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Murder, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Religious bigotry, and Vomit
vicjp's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Genocide
wy_woman's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Ableism and Medical trauma
Moderate: Antisemitism, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Medical content
Minor: Confinement and Genocide
annapox's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Torture, Child death, Ableism, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Murder
Moderate: Classism, Hate crime, Animal cruelty, Racism, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Animal death, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War
Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Islamophobia, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Abortion, and Fire/Fire injury
mandkips's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Ableism
Moderate: Homophobia, Genocide, and Bullying
Minor: Suicide, Antisemitism, and Self harm
shieldbearer's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Ableism, Antisemitism, Classism, Confinement, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Transphobia
vanessa_thomasin's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Genocide, and Murder
flordemaga's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Antisemitism, Bullying, Genocide, and Self harm
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Suicide
scarecrow's review against another edition
4.75
It's a very well-rounded book and due to that it's hard to find much to say about it - the work speaks for itself. If you're autistic and on the fence about reading it, I recommend giving it a go - it's not a book that sets out to slander or pathologise us.
Good as the book is, supplement your reading with perspectives from a wide range of actual autistic people (never take allistic "autism experts" word as gospel, always consult people with actual lived experience of being autistic).
Content warnings I've listed apply to discussions of the historical and current abuse of autistic people, not bigotry on the author's part.
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Torture
Minor: Antisemitism, Genocide, and Homophobia