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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman
2 reviews
maximauve's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment, Colonisation, Medical trauma, and Classism
ashton_n's review against another edition
If I could give this negative stars, I would.
Let’s get this straight, a neurotypical person should not be writing a history and guide about neurodiverse folks. The most important but ironically lacking in description are the following items.
- Asperger’s and Autism are not interchangeable, see below.
- The use of Aspergers is totally outdated, and the guy it was named after tortured Autistic kids.
-High and low functioning labels are damaging.
- Autism Speaks is a hate charity.
- The introduction starts off with how terrible Autism is and how it needed to be eradicated. An intro should caveat and have disclaimers about current and past assumptions. Autism does not need to be eradicated. It isn’t a disease.
- the whole thing, so freaking boring. Like does he ever stop rambling.
- This is a colonial whitewashed, classist, cis-heteropatriarchal ableist account of Autism.
Follow the hashtags below or talk to real Autistic people. We don’t bite. 🙄
#actuallyautistic
Let’s get this straight, a neurotypical person should not be writing a history and guide about neurodiverse folks. The most important but ironically lacking in description are the following items.
- Asperger’s and Autism are not interchangeable, see below.
- The use of Aspergers is totally outdated, and the guy it was named after tortured Autistic kids.
-High and low functioning labels are damaging.
- Autism Speaks is a hate charity.
- The introduction starts off with how terrible Autism is and how it needed to be eradicated. An intro should caveat and have disclaimers about current and past assumptions. Autism does not need to be eradicated. It isn’t a disease.
- the whole thing, so freaking boring. Like does he ever stop rambling.
- This is a colonial whitewashed, classist, cis-heteropatriarchal ableist account of Autism.
Follow the hashtags below or talk to real Autistic people. We don’t bite. 🙄
#actuallyautistic
Content Warnings
Graphic: Colonisation, Ableism, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma
Don’t read this garbage, talk to real autistic people.
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