jupiter 4d ago

At the request of my therapist I'm reading Attwood's "The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome" (2008) and now I need a detox.

Can anyone recommend any texts or media that considers the Autism Spectrum from the perspective of disability justice or similar?
Preferably in English, but Polish also works

#autism

Show threadCanageek4d ago
@tihyltew Is there something wrong with that particular guide? I seem to recall it being quite good when I read it, though that was quite a few years ago now
Show threadjupiter 4d ago
@Canageek I'm looking for another perspective, particularly something that is not the product of the medical-industrial complex to compare. While this guide seems to be more or less adequate in explaining autism as seen by medical professionals (and the field of psychology), it generally feels quite dehumanising at least to me (I suppose this is a natural byproduct of scientific medical publication). It leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Show threadCanageek
@tihyltew Yeah, that's the most clinical of his books that I've read, if that's what you're looking for, I would check out some of the ones he wrote for families: they'll be less accurate as you wrote them earlier in his career and had met less people to build his work on, but they were very much aimed at families and helping explain things to their kids
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