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The Heart Principle grabbed mine and didn’t let go

The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang

December 29, 2022 by teresaelectro 4 Comments

Helen Hoang’s The Heart Principle was everything I wanted and more. Our heroine Anna Sun is going through it. She is a violinist stuck in a loop after a performance video goes viral on YouTube. With every practice session, she wants to replicate that moment with precision. She ends up burned out and unable to finish the song. She is attempting therapy to find a breakthrough. Later that day, her boyfriend asks to “see other people” as an excuse to know that he’s ready to […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Romance Tagged With: autism, autistic voices, grief, Helen Hoang, Mental Health, musician, Own voices, San Francisco, The Heart Principle, The Kiss Quotient #3, violin

teresaelectro's CBR14 Review No:19 · Genres: Audiobooks, Romance · Tags: autism, autistic voices, grief, Helen Hoang, Mental Health, musician, Own voices, San Francisco, The Heart Principle, The Kiss Quotient #3, violin ·
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Slightly Baffled

Bewilderment by Richard Powers

October 30, 2022 by Zirza Leave a Comment

Warning: here be spoilers America, sometime in the near future. Astrobiologist Theo Byrne raises his son Robin alone after the death of his wife. He feels like he’s doing a terrible job, especially when Robin is sent home from school for smashing his only friend’s face with a thermos. Robin is a complicated child; intelligent but suffering from Aspergers, ADHD, OCD and probably a few other things. Theo is weary to accept the decision; Robin’s school, meanwhile, is pushing him to put the boy on […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ADHD, Asperger's, autism, Bewilderment, child psychology, cllimate change, Environment, flowers for algernon, politics, Psychology, richard powers

Zirza's CBR14 Review No:47 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ADHD, Asperger's, autism, Bewilderment, child psychology, cllimate change, Environment, flowers for algernon, politics, Psychology, richard powers ·
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“Autism is a fundamentally different way of being, and a fundamentally useful way of being.”

Keep Clear: My Adventures with Asperger's by Tom Cutler

October 23, 2022 by GentleRain Leave a Comment

I have mixed feelings about this one. There were some good points in here and it shows how positive a diagnosis can be — once Tom realizes what the cause of his life-long struggles is, his depression evaporates and he is able to start taking concrete steps to cope with things. This is a combination autobiography and a series of pocket biographies of famous people he thinks were Autistic. The autobiography bits were the best part, and I found myself getting increasingly agitated every time […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: #memoir, autism, Mental Health, Tom Cutler

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:114 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: #memoir, autism, Mental Health, Tom Cutler ·
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“Developing self-trust and self-compassion is a whole journey unto itself.”

Unmasking Autism by Devon Price

October 20, 2022 by GentleRain 2 Comments

This is a good overview and self-help aligned book for what Devon Price terms as “Masked Autistics.” I am among those and saw a lot of positive press for this book from other Autistic people, so I got it for my birthday and got around to reading it this week. This is a well-written and straight forward text, so it was an easy and enjoyable read. I saw several people were crying reading this because it hit so close to home — I did not […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: autism, Devon Price, neurodiversity, Psychology, Self-help

GentleRain's CBR14 Review No:106 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: autism, Devon Price, neurodiversity, Psychology, Self-help ·
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Graeme, just go back to IT consulting…

The Rosie Effect by Graeme Simsion

The Rosie result by Graeme Simsion

September 23, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith Leave a Comment

Here go the hate reads! I needed to know if Don ever came to the patently obvious realization that he’s autistic, and if Rosie ever cuts herself free from that knot before he finds a way to hang her from it. Mostly, though, I just wanted to see if these books could possibly get worse still and the answer to that question is a resounding yes. And if you’re wondering if spoilers follow, the answer to that question is also yes. SPOILER WARNING! First, there’s The […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: autism, Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Effect, The Rosie Project, The Rosie Result

Travis_J_Smith's CBR14 Review No:100 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: autism, Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Effect, The Rosie Project, The Rosie Result ·
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Oh no….

The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion

September 14, 2022 by Travis_J_Smith Leave a Comment

Oh no. Oh nooo. It’s a series. Those were my exact words upon doing a cursory Google search prior to starting this review. In prepping to tear into The Rosie Project, I learned that there are two follow-ups that I don’t think my morbid curiosity will let me not read. To answer my previous question of if I’m a masochist: yes. Why else would I suffer through multiple seasons of dreadful Dexter and Archer simply because I’d already devoted so many years of my time to the shows? Why […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Asperger's, autism, Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project

Travis_J_Smith's CBR14 Review No:85 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Asperger's, autism, Graeme Simsion, The Rosie Project ·
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