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A review by jmelauren
To Siri With Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of a Machine by Judith Newman
1.0
After reading some reviews about how harmful this representation is, I can only change my mind about my rating.
I did have some issues with this while listening, but not being autistic myself I didn't know how problematic it really was. So go read those reviews.
The things I found to be truly wild and not okay were:
..She talks about sterilizing her son and keeping power of attorney of his medical issues so that she can do this at a later date.
..he's a 14 year old boy and she doesn't educate him about sex.
..she's thrilled that he's made a friend even though the new friend and the boy himself both admit that he does whatever she tells him to.
..she questions whether she would want a test before birth that screened for autism, and if that test come back positive then what? She wouldn't have the baby?
I did have some issues with this while listening, but not being autistic myself I didn't know how problematic it really was. So go read those reviews.
The things I found to be truly wild and not okay were:
..She talks about sterilizing her son and keeping power of attorney of his medical issues so that she can do this at a later date.
..he's a 14 year old boy and she doesn't educate him about sex.
..she's thrilled that he's made a friend even though the new friend and the boy himself both admit that he does whatever she tells him to.
..she questions whether she would want a test before birth that screened for autism, and if that test come back positive then what? She wouldn't have the baby?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism