Reviews tagging 'Classism'

NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently by Steve Silberman

6 reviews

shannonscotteditorauthor's review against another edition

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I've read a few books now on autism, trauma, and other psychological differences that upend neurotypical expectations. NONE of them have spent so much page space basically performing fellatio on supposed medical professionals essentially torturing young children into "acting sanely." Once it got the Lovaas wiring floors with electric shock to "discourage" autistic children from stimming, I was done. I understand that research standards were pretty low 60 or 70 years ago, but I don't want to and won't read about it for 500+ pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Racial slurs, Racism, Antisemitism, Deportation

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

kenzielireads's review against another edition

4.25

hopeful informative reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Colonisation, Classism

changelingreader_adrian's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abandonment

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Classism

Minor: Gore, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War

annapox's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Genocide, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War, Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Islamophobia, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury

shieldbearer's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

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We have always been here. Everyone should read this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Genocide, Homophobia, Mental illness, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Medical trauma, Classism

ashton_n's review against another edition

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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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Colonisation, Classism

Don’t read this garbage, talk to real autistic people.