Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello everyone, I've been digging about for more information on autism since my diagnosis 2 years ago and have come up with a lot of books (141 at last count and growing by the month).
My question here is whether there is any place on this or another forum that reviews these?
For example some are aimed at the carers of profoundly autistic children and adults, some are aimed at the less profoundly autistic / aspbergers adults with almost a manual of how to live with the different traits and others are more academic and probably more of interest to therapists.
A few are just misinformed or badly written, some are like a workbook to help children develop to their full potential and others are more of a life story - a real mish mash of styles and contents.
I'm happy to try to build a review process and work through these but there is no point reinventing the wheel if this has already beed done.
So for part 1 - does this exist? If so, where?
Part 2 will happen if this does not exist and ask how would it be best to structure the reviews.
I have everything in DRM free PDF or EPUB files so may be able to pass these to anyone who wants to join in the review process. I'm not sure how this is perceived by the mods but please feel free to tell me if this is a no-go.
I really like this idea! It can be a bit of a stab in the dark when buying books if you've not seen them recommended and described by other autistic people whose views you tend to fall in line with (around language and functioning labels, etc. for me). I've got a few which I'd personally recommend after enjoying them, but I'd also like this list to exist and to have easy access to it for future reference!
I recently read Unbroken by Alexis Quinn and it's a difficult (and triggering) read but a really good one - I think all autism/MH professionals should have to read it, personally. There are a bunch more but I'll stop there!