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santodionys's review
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Interesting if you're not part of these communities but quite obvious conclusions if you are
starduststyx's review against another edition
3.0
I'm glad a book like this exists and tried it's best to interview people from different identities and ethnicities despite only getting to interview 10 people. I will be honest I didn't really enjoy the formatting/how this book was written and I think it was mainly because of how each chapter concludes and even the conclusion I ended up skimming just because I didn't feel like I needed a refresher on the interviews. I did like the intersectionality of this and the resources at the end.
enbeefinery's review
the ableism in this book is honestly baffling. certainly not what i thought it was going to offer. the repeated use of the term “Asperger’s” without acknowledging it’s horrifying history. disappointed.
bookwomble's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
emoryscott's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
This book was informative and enlightening. I learned a lot about myself because I share characteristics with a lot of the interviewees. If you are trans and autistic, this might be a helpful read.
However, I did not love the way it was written. The authors take a very calculated approach. While this might be an enjoyable and comfortably predictable reading experience for some, I found it to be a bit stale and lacking emotion. I wished that the authors would have allowed the interviewees to speak in their own voices, rather than writing in third person.
Still a great resource for those wanting to know more about transgender and autistic people.
However, I did not love the way it was written. The authors take a very calculated approach. While this might be an enjoyable and comfortably predictable reading experience for some, I found it to be a bit stale and lacking emotion. I wished that the authors would have allowed the interviewees to speak in their own voices, rather than writing in third person.
Still a great resource for those wanting to know more about transgender and autistic people.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Police brutality, Dysphoria, Ableism, Racism, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
tyler_j's review against another edition
informative
4.0
I really did enjoy this book. I'm also autistic and transgender. However I didn't find it perfect. You have 10 autistic and transgender people that were interviewed and asked questions about being autistic and trans. I did like that the authors are also trans and autistic so that helps here and they did mention they made a point of making sure the 10 people were diverse in terms of race and other factors so even though it's a small sample it's at least diverse. What I didn't care for though is that all the interviews are paraphrased rather than being in their own words. Though they did say everyone got to approve their chapters first so that's good at least.
Though why are they paraphrased? I don't get it. Wouldn't it just be best to let them all speak 100% for themselves? And it also got very repetitive with all the "conclusions".
That's why it gets 4 out of 5 because I still really did enjoy this and I learned from it as well, since autistic people aren't a monolith and I learned stuff about being autistic and a person of color that I hadn't thought of because i'm white. It was easy to read. I do find it very valuable and important and do recommend it.
Though why are they paraphrased? I don't get it. Wouldn't it just be best to let them all speak 100% for themselves? And it also got very repetitive with all the "conclusions".
That's why it gets 4 out of 5 because I still really did enjoy this and I learned from it as well, since autistic people aren't a monolith and I learned stuff about being autistic and a person of color that I hadn't thought of because i'm white. It was easy to read. I do find it very valuable and important and do recommend it.
whentheresteeth's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
This book was really fascinating! As a trans and autistic person into research I was perhaps uniquely qualified to like it and indeed I need. I felt reaffirmed in my trans and autistic identities as I found commonalities with the participants of the study and want to read more on autism and transness now. It did feel a bit tedious at points though, as such a book tends to be .
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Medical content, and Transphobia
Moderate: Dysphoria
Minor: Abandonment, Acephobia/Arophobia, Antisemitism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Deadnaming, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, and Sexism
tanyapoet's review against another edition
5.0
Informative, clear, and thorough writing in a well organized book. I'm grateful to the authors and participants for making this introduction to the topic available.
mylonite's review
informative
slow-paced
2.5
This book has some good ideas and it's great to see this topic brought to light, and the authors do a good job of centering autistic trans people.
I found parts of the book interesting, but overall it was underwhelming. It reads like a scientific report (and I'm OK with those generally) and lacks wit or much overarching insight. Each chapter ends with a final thoughts section which regurgitates the information from the chapter without adding anything in particular.
I'm a trans autistic person and some of the accounts resonated for me, but the formulaic structure left me struggling a bit. I'd like to have seen information elaborated on.
I found parts of the book interesting, but overall it was underwhelming. It reads like a scientific report (and I'm OK with those generally) and lacks wit or much overarching insight. Each chapter ends with a final thoughts section which regurgitates the information from the chapter without adding anything in particular.
I'm a trans autistic person and some of the accounts resonated for me, but the formulaic structure left me struggling a bit. I'd like to have seen information elaborated on.