I enjoyed Part One, with all the neurological science. Part Two though? Way too wordy. The author kept going off on a tangent, and I also didn't like how condescending she was. I had to keep reminding myself that this book is 11 years old, so outdated terminology and research is expected, but that didn't help when it came to the author's attitude towards the autistic community as a whole and towards younger Autistics.

That heavy focus on Asperger's throughout the book and how it's different from Autism and how they're not the same thing grated my nerves no matter how many times I reminded myself that this was published in 2013. I should have chosen a more recent scientific book on Autism, written by someone who hasn't lived their entire life in that Boomer mentality of "it's the younger generation's fault."

I expected this to be similar to Unmasking Autism by Devon Price except with a more physical scientific focus. It was not that. Chapter 7 alone almost put me to sleep, and I had to switch to the audiobook in order to finish this.