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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman
3 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
festiveconclave's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Ableism
Minor: Antisemitism and Suicide attempt
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