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This book stuck a lot at the question of "what is autism", highlighting that it is a spectrum and bringing out the underlying threads in the mozaic of humanity. I was slightly concerned about the fact that the pseudoscience section dismissed the effectiveness of the GFCF diet as well as Facilitated Communication. As someone who has seen both methods work, I would attest that there is a small proportion of autistics for whom these methods do work. I think that the GFCF diet only really works for those with GI issues in the first place, and can also improve the lives of non-autistic people who may also have the leaky gut syndrome. Therefore, the beneficial effects of the diet can be seen in a certain percentage of the population, but perhaps have been given more attention in the autistic population because the behaviours of autistic people tend to be under more observation/scrutiny in general and the symptoms of leaky gut, if present, exacerbate the already-present autistic symptoms. Also, I believe that FC does serve educational value for a small percentage of autistic people, as I know of people who started typing unassisted after years of FC. In addition, I've seen first-hand FC being performed on a group of people, and some people's communicated language matched their nonverbal expression. However, I think that it is just as commonly, if not even more commonly, a hoax than it is genuine, which is why scientific studies don't yield significant results.
As difficult as it is to review a book like this, I feel that this book represents the strides that we have made to understand and accommodate for autistic people in our society. However, this book only represents a transition, and not the final stop in this journey.… (mehr)