This book was amazing so lovely and heart felt I have too children with autism so I understand how challenging life can be this book totally showed this what great inspirational book thanks for letting me read it

As the parent of an autistic child, I found this book to be both fascinating and enlightening, very helpful to see from a different point of view and to better understand that fundamental differences am person with autism views the world as opposed to someone who is not on the spectrum.

This book was given to me by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Autism is the Future is a blend of personal narrative, sociological study, medical analysis, and journalistic investigation. The author talks of his own experience of cognitive difference, discussing a brain injury acquired in his adult life. In many ways, this book reminds me of the work of Juno Roche. They both use sociological methods, i.e. the interview, to further their own journey of self-discovery. Roche’s work is an attempt to understand, and reconfigure, their sexual identity and Payne Thurman’s is an attempt to understand his new identity as someone living with a Neurological difference. To do this, Payne Thurman undertakes a series of interviews that discuss some of the features of Autism, asking how these enrich or hinder the interviewees' lives. This book contains accounts of lives lived to the full and differences that both impede and empower.

This is a really useful book. It has taken me a while to read it, as I’ve dipped in and out of it when I needed to. I’d recommend this to anyone with a child/partner who has ASD or someone who works with ASD children/adults.

Ein neuer, interessanter Ansatz aber leider etwas trocken geschrieben.
Überzeugende Kontroverse über das Sein von Autismus und was es sonst noch "sein" könnte.

I really wanted to like this. Ms. Thurman's rationale for writing the book is solid, but she keeps focusing on herself. Also, while I know this is essentially her thesis, it still reads like a thesis. There is excellent non-fiction out there that addresses this topic with ease while not giving up the rigor of research. I just kept coming back to it and slogging through a few pages and then putting it down and reading entire other books before I would come back and slog again. I feel the research is important, but the package was just not for me. Thanks to Net Galley for the ARC.

This was a fascinating look at autism and how the author believes it will continue to develop and be an important conversation topic for years to come. I work with autistic students and am studying psychology and enjoyed this.

As both a clinician who works with individuals identified as autistic and a parent of a teenage son on the spectrum, I'm always looking for new insights. Honestly, this is one of the best books about autism I've read recently. Throughout, the author challenges commonly held beliefs about how autism "works" and how we should "treat" it. This book ties together the neurodiversity paradigm with an actionable approach that allows us to move beyond acceptance of differences to actual support of individuals who struggle with a world that preferences non-autistic experiences. There were numerous "aha" moments where the author explained exactly what I've always noticed about my son and my clients, and she gave plenty of food for thought on how to apply this way of thinking to both my parenting and my clinical work. I'm recommending it to other professionals in the field as well as parents of autistic children.

Having a child on the spectrum, I love to read new research and thoughts, beliefs, recommendations, and/or ideas.
I was in complete agreement with Thurman that without the "right" support and 'education" the "system (schools) may be failing children on the spectrum. Attempting to "treat as "all" vs looking at the individual.

There were many things I loved about this book - the quality of writing was very high, LOVED the quotes by participants in the study, and the wealth of information was substantial. Overall I felt this book was nearly on par with another one of my favorite nonfiction neurodiversity books, NeuroTribes (although the comparison is a bit like apples to oranges due to content style). Many of the sections had insightful points on memory, creativity, and intelligence that have broad application, and it was an easy read. I’d recommend Autism is the Future to anyone looking to learn more about ASD and the state of recent findings.

Excellent! Through and thought provoking.
In Autism Is the Future, Marlo Thurman reveals how cognitive differences are the constructing pieces in understanding those with autism. Through her findings, she shows how those with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) constantly challenge assumptions about intelligence and measuring intelligence. Thurman proposes that sensory and cognitive development have evolved together into a very different form of intelligence in those with ASD, and it should be viewed not as a disability but instead as a difference to be celebrated and followed.