Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

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

4 reviews

batwinggoth's review against another edition

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Upon reaching the discussion regarding Hans Asperger in regards to autistic history,  the author breezed past how he supported the nazi regime. Stating Asperger wasn't a nazi, so basically don't worry about it. This was off-putting and the reason I stopped where I did. 

Previously to this point, I had begun to consider to dnf as the book was not sharing much at all from the perspective of actually autistic people and I was finding the information to be fairly surface level. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Genocide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Antisemitism

madamegorgon's review against another edition

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This book is not written for autistics, but for neurotypicals trying to understand the history of Autism.  Some extremely disturbing early “treatment” methods were included

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT HISTORY BOOK, just not really meant for autistics. The history of using violence and torture is important information for neurotypicals and supporters of ABA.

mbloudoff's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark hopeful informative sad slow-paced

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This book was incredibly detailed, and that is impressive. But it was too much. Every person got a bio and some imagery and it was just unnecessary. I found myself bored often and struggled to continue once I got halfway through. 

The detail of the terrible child abuse was also too much for me. It is 100% important to educate people about these horrors. I would have appreciated less haunting detail or perhaps a warning so I could choose a time to read it when I could have my feelings. (I read it before work and ended up crying the whole morning.) I’m glad I read this book but I wouldn’t recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Abandonment

Moderate: Chronic illness, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

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