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Title: For Your Own Good: Hidden Brutality in Child-Rearing, and the Roots of Violence Author: Dr. Alice Miller Publisher: Noonday ISBN: 0374522693
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If you think you were never abused, read this book. Most people do suffer some form of brutality in childhood -- often covert, emotional or intellectual stifling -- and it does affect their thinking and feeling in later life. "It made me stronger" often simply means "it made me numb". This is not a whiny book, nor is it a Bradshaw feel-good hugfest. Child abuse exists. Don't revisit it on your kids.
This book is now available in its entirety on line. Click here to read For Your Own Good in free e-text.
Mindfreedom Traditional mental health "treatments" for abuse not doing you any good? Go here.
Rettdevil's rants Autistic woman gives her point of view on autism and how the 'epidemic' is being handled by the media.
Autism Vox Mother of an autistic child gets on her soapbox.
An Open Letter To Parents Considering Intensive Behavioral Therapy For Their Child With Autism Courtesy of Virgynia King. A stinging indictment of behaviorist methods. Applies to all children -- not just autistics. If you feel your child needs therapy, please consider play therapy or some other non-behaviorist method.
No Autistics Allowed Explorations in discrimination against autistics. What are non-autistic people deciding for autistic people? Pay particular attention to Bettelheim's Worst Crime: Autism and the Epidemic of Irresponsibility. OF INTEREST TO ABUSE SURVIVORS.
Also of interest: Ballastexistenz 'Severely autistic' does not mean incapable of thought or expression.
Jim Sinclair's Website About Autism
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Title: Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autism Author: Paul Collins Publisher: Bloomsbury USA ISBN: 1582343675
By the father of a child who may or may not be on the "spectrum" - unique among parental accounts because of its lack of tragedy. Instead of seeing his son as a victim of a horrible devastating illness, Collins saw his son's unique reading and mathematical abilities and his love of computers over people as part of what was right about the kid. He researched history to find individuals who may or may not have been autistic, and to find out just exactly what autism is.
Collins' message is that it's a mistake to try to force we autistics into so called normality. He learns to communicate with his son through picture cards and he finds an autistic program in a school where the children are allowed to learn through their own special interests. Simply letting autistic people be autistic is such a revolutionary idea! But it may well be the future.
A review of Not Even Wrong, by Jay Young
If you are interested in books by autistic authors, try Amanda Baggs' Autistic Authors Booklist.
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