Book: The Myth of Autism by Sami Timimi et al

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There is a review of the book here: http://www.positiveaboutautism.co.uk/pa ... view_.html .

What are your opinions of the book?

I think its bollocks. I had never even heard of the word aspergers till 2 years ago.

But boy has aspergers caused some grief in my family!!

Personally, I wish it was diagnosed much more!

Maybe then I would have learnt about ASD's as a young man instead of a 48yr old set in his ways, and avoided some of my lifes sorrowful moments caused by my ignorance of ASD in my family

Bollocks to that book

I think there will be some merit to the book, and that is will apply to some children.

I have seen children who have been misdiagnosed with an ASD, which I am sure happens to much and this book is likely to apply to some on them.

I feel this type of book is making the same mistakes as some doctors, not everyone fits in the same box. While the book will fit some there are so many more it will not.

Maybe change the title to; The Myth of Autism for some children.

An unethical publication. The writers don't seem to be concerned about having a negative impact on the people they're ostensibly writing about (that is, us).

I might give this a go, I do think it's a little over diagnosed in young children, especially the milder strains.

Well, I too do think it's overdiagnosed in small children (at least around here). But I don't need to read a book to have that perception. Especially not a book by an author that doesn't seem to have been consistent in the rigour of her researched.
Then again, I'm basing my opinion on this one review and don't otherwise know the reviewer's work.

Maybe the authors have a problem with the blanket term and are trying to encourage us to think of it as people having unique disabilities that are specific to them as individuals. That may be better than labelling. Suppose in school they were able to identify each persons unique strengths and weaknesses, then working on the weaknesses instead of just saying this child has autism.