RaveThe Washington Post... [an] outstanding book ... As an autistic mother of autistic children, I couldn’t agree more with the main argument of Garcia’s book ... Garcia’s book uses rich storytelling and insightful reporting to uncover not only the long history of how autistic people have been mistreated but also how they continue to be ignored ... My main critique of his book is the lack of rigorous reporting or discussion of treatments for autism, especially alternatives to ABA. The call to change the autism conversation about health care should investigate in depth the issues that have divided many autistic people and caretakers of autistic people, in hopes of finding common ground ... exactly the book we need to lead the way in changing the autism conversation. It belongs on the shelf...as essential reading on autism and neurodiversity.
