I just found these 3 books at the library.
1. 'The Horse Boy' - A father's quest to heal his son of autism
2. 'A Child's Journey Out of Autism' - One family's story of living in hope and finding a cure
3. 'Autism' - The scientific truth about preventing, diagnosing, and treating Autism Spectrum Disorders
What the hell? It's as if these books are saying, "If you have a gay son then here's the cure to make him straight!" or "Tips on making your scientific, mathematically-minded daughter learn to cook, do laundry and raise babies the American way!" Books like these are insulting. They treat neuro-diversity like a crime. People need to learn to appreciate and acknowledge their autistic kids instead of looking at them like mistakes. A lot of great achievers were, and are, autistic. We are not better or worse than other people, just different. Luckily, I did find a book that is sensitive to the subject:
'Autism Spectrum Disorders - What Every Parent Needs To Know.' It seems to talk about treatments for specific kinds of behaviours but at least it doesn't emphasize the word "cure."
24 Aug 2015, 4:12 pm
