Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

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

11 reviews

didactylos's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

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I found this a very lengthy, comprehensive and highly accessible book. There were time I was enraged by the treatment and attitudes exposed. There were other times I was in tears as incidents triggered my own experiences with my grandson.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Forced institutionalization

dwarrowdams's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

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An amazing read that gave a clear overview of the history of autism and looked towards the future. Incredibly well-researched and important.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Medical trauma

Moderate: Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization, Antisemitism, Medical content

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Transphobia

tinyplanet's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

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Well-researched and well-written summary of the history of autism to ~2010. It was not a fun read. It unfortunately felt like a long account of how autistic people (and people with other developmental disabilities and mental illnesses) have been abused, stigmatized, imprisoned in institutions and mental asylums, denied education, infantilized, sterilized, tortured, and murdered, with some breaks to show autistic people in a symp thetic to positive light. Silberman did cover the history of the nascent autism self-advocacy movement in the United States and interviewed many autistic people and their families.

The book is white- and Western-centric, primarily focused on Austria, the UK, and the US, where most formal research on autism has been done. Silberman does include the voices of some girls and sometimes autistic mothers, plus Temple Grandin. There are some mentions of Japanese families, but very little said about minorities in the US or lower socioeconomic classes.

Silberman attempts to let the facts stand for themselves. In doing so, he does not take a strong stand against some of the figures who committed abuses. Asperger is presented as Nazi-lite. Electrocution is clearly bad, but the insidious frameworks that ins ired such a "treatment" are not fully confronted. Inference is required to identify all of the issues that Silberman presents.

This book may have the most content warnings of any book I have reviewed, although none of it is gratuitous.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Genocide, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Antisemitism, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , War

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

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

cassie7e's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Forced institutionalization

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Transphobia

mandkips's review against another edition

3.75

informative reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, Homophobia

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Antisemitism

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

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

buttermellow's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Antisemitism

Minor: Self harm, Suicide

flordemaga's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma

Moderate: Bullying, Genocide, Self harm, Antisemitism

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis