![]() ![]() ![]() And his opinion of why this is the case was even more astounding in that autistic children are so awful, exhausting and such hard work, that the mother literally gives up and loses her warmth. I mean, how does one really make that kind of a judgment?. ![]() He agreed that mothers of autistic children are indeed cold, (as per the ‘refrigerator mother’ theory). He had decent views about eugenics, but then everything went to pot in a matter of a paragraph in the final chapter. I winced at the ‘othering’ language about disabilities but again, expected this is a book of this age. The first major ‘eek’ moment was when the author aired his views about pesticides used on crops, and his opinion of the opponents of them. I have read so many academic papers that hold (and ‘prove’) opposite opinions that I stopped being shocked about this a long time ago. I suppose this demonstrates how different attitudes were 20 years ago, and should be a warning not to place too much literal faith in expert views. Also some very questionable ‘facts’ that are absolutely not factual. However, there were a few horrific moments in the book that almost persuaded me to return it, which were some (not all) of the author’s personal views. Bearing in mind this book is two decades old, I wanted to use it as a background and basic explanation for the genome, which the book did very well. ![]()
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