My friend bought this for me to see what my opinion of it
was since she knows I read a lot of pop science type books. This one felt
different to me though, it feels more like a history book rather than a science
one.
Silberman goes through the history of autism and our
conception of it, starting with Asperger and continuing through the movie “Rain
Man” all the way up to the present day. It’s incredibly detailed, you feel as
though you really get to know all of the different players regardless of
whether they are clinicians or advocates. He even gets into science fiction and
explains how that environment led to modern autism movements!
Throughout the whole book he takes a very gentle tone and
doesn’t berate the reader for any misconceptions they may hold regarding autism
and the autistic community. He knows that this is probably a learning
experience for many readers and guides them to more open and welcoming frames
of mind.
I would highly recommend this! It’s very well-written, and
so little is known of autism that I think anyone can learn from this.
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