This book was the catalyst that made me go out an seek a professional diagnosis for my Aspergers after 22 years. It amazed me just how similar some of the experiences that the women in the book described were to those I had while growing up. It was my A-ha moment and I felt such a sense of relief to be able to assign my condition a name and understand the reasons for the differences I exhibit and the trials I faced as a child and chalked up my idiosyncrasies to the fact that I must simply have been "weird". Everyone has their own challenges and being formally diagnosed hasn't particularly changed anything for me, it is just nice to finally have some answers. I love this book! this is a very important book about what life with AS is like for females. important because autism stuff is so incredibly male-centred historically, and it means that many females who are AS are misdiagnosed with psychiatric conditions such as bipolar, schizophrenia, adhd. I sharpened a pencil specially to write exclamation marks in the margins because I could relate so much to stuff. that said I also wrote 'nooooooo!' a few times too, due to some gender policing stuff in the bits about sex and relationships and also wrote 'queer?' in the margins because all the relationships stuff was 100% hetero.
I give it a 4+ for content, 3 for readability. It's a one-of-a-kind book, though.
—henalb
Well written, entertaining, perceptive and insightful. Lots of food for thought.
—Kerry
Not particularly well written or edited, but had interesting information.
—furyalahmed
I could really relate to many sections of this book.
—Bethany
Interesting. Gave me some food for thought.
—angenaika
