[quote=Mnemosyne]
I thought Liane Holliday Willey's book "Pretending to Be Normal" was pretty bad.
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thanks for the head's up- I was thinking of buying it!
PS I don't think I could handle another whiny book at the moment, no matter what the diagnosis. You're right about the world- it will only accommodate the different when forced to do so by new laws or revolution or, what is rarer, when each person's conscience can no longer ignore the injustices.
She ****** it up, I agree about that. She let her own parental feelings affect the outcome of the book and it totally screwed it up. I'm a lot more jaded now with fictional stories with Autisits. <<
What would the award be called? I mean, you could give them a giant golden arse for an award. Some people would think that's a bit much I imagine though.
how about a giant great big co*ahem* 
how about that writer who called autism "demented monkey syndrome" or something like that
there is also rajarshi "tito" mukhopadhyay's writing which CAN says he "is the first to show autistic people think and feel" < = B.S!!
that's my opinion on worst writing about AS !
I found Voices From the Spectrum incredibly negative, particularly the sections by American contributors. The use of phrases such as "autism time bomb" and "devastating news" were really not at all helpful for people reading up on ASDs for the first time.
Best thing I've seen is Snowcake. It's a film starring Sigourney Weaver as an autistic woman. The scriptwriter has an autistic child, so a lot of it was based on her experiences and insight as a parent of someone autistic. I went to a director's talk after the screening and the scriptwriter said that Sigourney Weaver had based her portrayal on an autistic woman she'd met and spent time with, trying to get behaviours and mannerisms right. I understand the character was autistic as opposed to Aspie, but she was functioning and living fairly independently.
The autistic woman who spent time with Sigourney Weaver was Roz Blackburn, I went to hear her talk at a local autism information day, and after seeing her I thought Sigourney Weaver did a good job. I loved the film.