Spectrum Women

Excellent! This is one of my favourite books on Women and the Autism spectrum.
As a woman on the spectrum, books like this save me .
Review will be up on my blog on Publication date .

The strength of this book is that collection of autistic women's experience written in first person. I know the book is edited by Dr. Garnett, but I found her commentary at the end of each chapter either superfluous and/or irritating depending on the chapter. It breaks the flow. This may not be the case for other readers.

I am certainly not the target audience for this collection, but as the mother of a girl on the autism spectrum, I was interested in seeing what Spectrum Women had to offer.

Personally, it seemed a bit too straightforward to me. There were no anecdotal stories amongst the essays to make them more personal, which would have made the book more interesting to me. That said, I think it is a great resource for young women on the spectrum due largely in part to its very straight forward delivery. My daughter is only six--many of these scenarios don't currently apply to her but obviously, as a parent, I want her to have every opportunity possible. Spectrum Women is very empowering in that sense. For those who feel "different" or unsure of their place in the world, I think this is a helpful tool.

I will definitely keep this book in mind as my daughter gets older.