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A review by anna_pearl
Outsmarting Autism, Updated and Expanded: Build Healthy Foundations for Communication, Socialization, and Behavior at All Ages by Patricia S. Lemer
1.0
DNF, TL;DR
I really wasn't a fan of this book. Opening up a book that I believed was geared towards parents to explain how autism could be remedied in small ways... no, this isn't small changes, this is BIG changes. Patricia Lemer talks about things such as changing your diet, among other things, to "remedy" autism. And while I can attest to the idea that once my intolerances were dealt with, my autistic symptoms dissipated somewhat, I can say that they did NOT disappear entirely. Somehow what she was talking about struck me as her saying, "Autism is mainly caused by imbalances in your gut, not imbalances in your mind." Which may be true TO A POINT, I'm not dissing this entirely just... I don't know. I wasn't a fan, I didn't appreciate what she was saying, and I just couldn't finish this book.
She was really insensitive to other ideas and whatnot. She never tried to make a case for her side, she was more of the idea that this was the truth and everyone should believe it. At least that's how it came across to me. And that made this book really hard for me to read, really unpleasant, and I'm really just... ashamed by how it made me feel so disgusting. Like it made my idea of what autism is feel not only challenged but inferior somehow.
Maybe this is still worth a read for some people... but I'll be honest I don't even believe this deserves 2 stars. I couldn't finish it and I don't put down books that often. This was just a bad book. Hopefully, those that read it get more out of it because I just... I couldn't. And for those of you saying I didn't give it a good enough chance... I made it to the 7th chapter, that's 172 pages in on my copy. I gave it MORE than a fair chance and it did not prove itself worthy of my time.
But that's just my take on this. Feel free to disagree, I just wanted to put this out there in case it would help someone. Thanks for reading and have a blessed day!
I really wasn't a fan of this book. Opening up a book that I believed was geared towards parents to explain how autism could be remedied in small ways... no, this isn't small changes, this is BIG changes. Patricia Lemer talks about things such as changing your diet, among other things, to "remedy" autism. And while I can attest to the idea that once my intolerances were dealt with, my autistic symptoms dissipated somewhat, I can say that they did NOT disappear entirely. Somehow what she was talking about struck me as her saying, "Autism is mainly caused by imbalances in your gut, not imbalances in your mind." Which may be true TO A POINT, I'm not dissing this entirely just... I don't know. I wasn't a fan, I didn't appreciate what she was saying, and I just couldn't finish this book.
She was really insensitive to other ideas and whatnot. She never tried to make a case for her side, she was more of the idea that this was the truth and everyone should believe it. At least that's how it came across to me. And that made this book really hard for me to read, really unpleasant, and I'm really just... ashamed by how it made me feel so disgusting. Like it made my idea of what autism is feel not only challenged but inferior somehow.
Maybe this is still worth a read for some people... but I'll be honest I don't even believe this deserves 2 stars. I couldn't finish it and I don't put down books that often. This was just a bad book. Hopefully, those that read it get more out of it because I just... I couldn't. And for those of you saying I didn't give it a good enough chance... I made it to the 7th chapter, that's 172 pages in on my copy. I gave it MORE than a fair chance and it did not prove itself worthy of my time.
But that's just my take on this. Feel free to disagree, I just wanted to put this out there in case it would help someone. Thanks for reading and have a blessed day!