![]() ![]() ![]() This is patently callous and cruel when applied to the "poor autistic children" who have been given not only a timely diagnosis but appropriate assistance and accommodations their entire lives. I have gotten the message repeatedly that being an autistic adult lacking intellectual or verbally impairment means that I am expected to figure everything out by myself with no assistance or age-appropriate therapy from anyone. Buy a discounted Paperback of Neurotribes online from. I have no living relatives left, no friends and absolutely no support whatsoever from the autistic community. Booktopia has Neurotribes, The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman. And it is a heartbreaking account of lost souls, misunderstood, reviled. The book has received mostly positive reviews. With a deft and gentle hand Steve Silberman has reconstructed the diaspora of autism. I wasn't formally diagnosed until months after my mother's very painful death from cancer, and twenty years after my father's death. Silbermans 2015 book NeuroTribes documents the origins and history of autism from a neurodiversity viewpoint. ![]() I am sick of hearing about "parents who have faith in their child's potential" because my parents are long dead. Has it occurred to any of you that many of us were not diagnosed as children and are still ignored by the autism community? Just because I can communicate in writing, it does not automatically follow that I have been successful in managing or even identifying my cognitive, emotional or communication difficulties attributable to autism. ![]()
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