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A review by matchacookies22
Loving Mr Spock: Understanding an Aloof Lover Could it be Asperger's Syndrome? by Bárbara Jacobs
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I believe that this book is filled with misinformation; at one point I remember that the author puts forward the idea that vaccines cause autism. She also mentions a theory about gluten negatively affecting those with autism. Although this could have some truth to it, I remember her presenting a gluten-free diet as if it was a magic cure-all to a neurodevelopment disability. As if.
But my biggest problem by far is that I struggled to find sympathy for the autistic man that the book focuses on. I'm not sure if it was on purpose, but I felt incredibly uncomfortable by this man constantly doing abusive things to the author and the way it is just waved away because of his "condition." I wont mince words; the author sounds like an absolute doormat. An awful book that gaslights victims of abuse and indeed was used to gaslight me by the person that "recommended" it to me.
But my biggest problem by far is that I struggled to find sympathy for the autistic man that the book focuses on. I'm not sure if it was on purpose, but I felt incredibly uncomfortable by this man constantly doing abusive things to the author and the way it is just waved away because of his "condition." I wont mince words; the author sounds like an absolute doormat. An awful book that gaslights victims of abuse and indeed was used to gaslight me by the person that "recommended" it to me.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Medical content