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24 reviews for:
Trans and Autistic : Stories from Life at the Intersection
Bridget Liang, Noah Adams
3.68 AVERAGE
24 reviews for:
Trans and Autistic : Stories from Life at the Intersection
Bridget Liang, Noah Adams
3.68 AVERAGE
informative
fast-paced
This book was very informative about autism and trans life experience. I especially liked how each persons narrative was split into sections. Enabling an easy understanding. I felt like the final thoughts at the end of each chapter was redundant though especially because the book had a conclusion.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
It would have been nice if the book had included perspectives of trans autistics with medium and high support needs, not just those with low support needs.
Advanced copy received through netgalley in exchange for review: first, I’d like to say that I am so happy that content like this exists and more research is being done that actually includes voices of trans and autistic folks. I really wish they had kept each interview untouched, instead of paraphrasing each one. The voice of each participant was lost to summarizing, and potentially drawing some assumptions for the reader to have to decide what the participant was actually saying. I’m sure that each voice was so unique, and we didn’t get to see it! This book is very research-oriented and I assume is a part of an academic project. I’d love to see the authors transform the data into a more of a showcase of each participants’ unique voice on the topic of transgender and autistic intersection.
Even as a trans and autistic individual, I am clearly not the intended audience of this book. Still, "Trans and Autistic" represents an excellent step forward for academic research on the trans-autistic community. I expected more first-hand accounts and found a collection of ethnographic case studies on ten different folks who fall under trans and autistic umbrellas. I appreciate the breadth of the reports given on each interviewee, which further humanizes this often marginalized (and dehumanized) community. I especially enjoyed reading about the activism some of the research subjects were engaged in and hearing about how they all have come to understand both their autism and their gender, as I saw myself reflected in so many stories. There's power in seeing yourself reflected in media, and for me that feeling has been amplified by this academic recognition.
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
interesting book telling stories of a variety of people that are both transgender and autistic. gives some good insight into their experiences moving thru the world.
emotional
informative
fast-paced
This is a really good for starting to explode the intersectionality between being autistic and transgender. However personally how the interviews were reported (in the third person) where a slight draawback to the impact of the participants responses. Otherwise It is good as focusing on having a diverse sample, combined with diverse mindset within their sample..
informative
medium-paced
Interesting if you're not part of these communities but quite obvious conclusions if you are