Reviews tagging 'Death'

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

4 reviews

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.

baileydot's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad medium-paced

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As long as you're reading it with the context that it was written in 2015, I think it's a very readable and informative broad overview of some western history of autism. I learned a lot of context of autism in psychology and society that I found useful, while knowing there's probably more complexity and nuance to learn about. It felt like a great jumping off point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Death

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

katiewhocanread's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma

Moderate: Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Suicide, Grief