03-19-2007, 03:23 PM
cant_think_of_a_username Wrote:
This post really infuriated me. Am still trying to word my response. i wish
I could find a way to contact "Maribth kramer" and tell her what I really think of her efforts to "work" with her son.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-revi...Review
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Not what I was hoping for, January 26, 2007
This book held a lot of promise for me. As the mother of a 7 year old son with autism, I was hoping to read about how these children started on the path of intervention and therapy at a young age, and had terrific outcomes. What I got was instead rather depressing. First, it is not an easy book to read. The author seems to get mired in side information, such as the use of the word "genius" for far too long, distracting from the stories of the lives of the characters.
While I know my son will live with autism for his whole life, we always hold out hope that some of the behaviors that manifest in his place on the spectrum will be outgrown. That did not seem to be the case for some of the people in this book. I was very disturbed at Andre and his use of puppets as an adult. I fully understand that as an autisic person, he needs to use whatever strategies he can to cope, and I have no judgement on him. I can only keep working with my own child to try to lead him out of these behaviors.
I would not recommend this book to parents of young autistic children. I think it has the ability to dash some of the hope we need to have.
I could find a way to contact "Maribth kramer" and tell her what I really think of her efforts to "work" with her son.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-revi...Review
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Not what I was hoping for, January 26, 2007
This book held a lot of promise for me. As the mother of a 7 year old son with autism, I was hoping to read about how these children started on the path of intervention and therapy at a young age, and had terrific outcomes. What I got was instead rather depressing. First, it is not an easy book to read. The author seems to get mired in side information, such as the use of the word "genius" for far too long, distracting from the stories of the lives of the characters.
While I know my son will live with autism for his whole life, we always hold out hope that some of the behaviors that manifest in his place on the spectrum will be outgrown. That did not seem to be the case for some of the people in this book. I was very disturbed at Andre and his use of puppets as an adult. I fully understand that as an autisic person, he needs to use whatever strategies he can to cope, and I have no judgement on him. I can only keep working with my own child to try to lead him out of these behaviors.
I would not recommend this book to parents of young autistic children. I think it has the ability to dash some of the hope we need to have.
One word comes to mind upon reading that:
"ARRRRRGHHHHHHH!"
Nuff said. Nothing can be done constructively about it. Don't she would be able to "get it" yet, contacting here would only cause conflict and make her feel bad (either angry or guilty)