PositiveThe Boston GlobeGarcia approaches his subjects with the bias of earned expertise. Even when he’s covering intersections outside of his own experience, he lends credence and platform to the voices and experiences of autistic people—particularly autistic adults, who are massively underrepresented in research on and coverage of autism ... These and many of the other concepts Garcia introduces will be familiar ground to any readers conversant with the language of the disability rights movement. That, in fact, is where Garcia’s perspective stands out most: We’re Not Broken is a book not about autism, but about autistic people. Garcia’s perspective is firmly grounded in the social model of disability ... The one area in which Garcia’s careful reporting breaks down his is handling of the LGBTQ+ autistic community in general and gender identities in particular. There, despite clearly good intentions and prescient insight, his language lags noticeably behind the current standard. This, as well as my other reservations about the book—occasional disorganization and tangents long enough to distract from the chapters they occupy—are more editorial issues than authorial ones.
