Best special needs biographies according to redditors

There's a book written about David: http://www.amazon.com/As-Nature-Made-Him-Raised/dp/0060929596

The article is short so it obviously leaves a few things out, one of them is just how much 'Brenda' rejected her role as a girl. It was quite shocking just how different she was to a typical girl from the get go, she was the victim of constant bullying and self-doubt. IIRC when she started developing a feminine physique she purposefully overate in order to hide her figure since she hated it so much. One of her co-workers said that she had the eyes of a cornered animal, she spent her entire life on the defense. Very, very sad story.

>>I assure you that if you raised a female in the complete modern-American context of how we raise males, that female would be less "emotionally reactive to things."

Counterpoint. Biological boy raised as a girl. Knew at an early age that something was very wrong, eventually transitioned to being a man not long after he was finally told the truth. Was reportedly otherwise a "guy" in terms of his behavior.

There's a [book on a famous case of this called "As Nature Made Him." It follows the life of a boy who, after a terrible accident, lost his penis. He was raised as a girl and ultimately rejects his gender. It's a very sad, and true, story. I highly recommend it. It's on amazon here. I had to read it for a Sociology class and throughly enjoyed it. Pretty scary, really, the way he gets treated.

If you're at all interested, it's a very good read.

I only have the Kindle preview of a book called 'Spectrum Women', but I like what I've read so far of it and it's quite a generous preview. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Spectrum-Women-Walking-Beat-Autism/dp/1785924346

I have read the Cynthia Kim book and a few Sarah Hendrickx books. I like them!

The thing is people with disabilities are sick of people calling them heros for accomplishing stuff people do all the time. Wouldn't you be mad if every time you cooked for yourself or did something that people do everyday, everyone around you congratulated you and said how inspirational you are? It's extremely patronizing.

There's tons of articles and books about it (since disability studies and gender studies have lots of overlap they are generally researched in the same department at universities so don't be alarmed if a majority of the ones you find are written by academic feminists or women and gender studies professors).

http://www.amazon.ca/Dont-Call-Me-Inspirational-Disabled/dp/1439909377

Unstrange Minds is good to the science and social aspects of Autism. It will really help in understanding the history behind how autism is seen and some of the hysteria.

Let Me Out: A Madhouse Diary (a real diary)

> “In April of 2004, the long downward spiraling of Amy Bingaman's mental illness could no longer be hidden or ignored much less written off as a side-product of a colorful and quirky character. With no family able to help and no resources, she was involuntarily locked up in the draconian, archaic labyrinth that is the Wyoming Mental Health System. Armed with only a pocket dictionary and any paper she could find to write on, Amy wrote not only as a journal but at times as her only coping mechanism to salvage what was left of a breaking mind in a love/hate relationship with her alter-ego who she'd come to call "lucille." Over the course of her first 33 days she kept copious notes of her time there, detailing treatment (or mistreatment) befitting a prisoner rather than the sufferer of a psychological disorder. These diaries roller-coaster between terrifying and hilarious, chronicling from her first morning waking up confused in a disheveled ball gown, living at the mercy of staff who range from inept to cruel and with fellow patients who's light, hope and brilliance are twisted with the daily wrestling of their own debilitating psychotic breaks from reality. What results is an unedited, in-the-moment take-down of what consists of mental health care in this country, as lived from the inside by its weakest links, those it is intended to protect. And for all the dark humor and vivid humanity, she hopes you will be left with the knowledge that since that time, little or nothing in the system has changed.” -DOUG STANHOPE

You should definitely get a second opinion. From what I understand RAD is often diagnosed in place of autism. For whatever reason it was thought to be more socially acceptable to blame the mom for a kids social delays (google "refrigerator moms") than to accept that there might be something intrinsic about the kid that we don't understand. The book Unstrange Minds has a whole chapter on the history of blaming moms for autism. You should definitely look into the signs and symptoms of ASD. Plus, getting a diagnosis may open up treatment options for your kid that are unavailable under RAD.

That or my dick is weird. Why would I lie about that? Seriously, why? What could I possibly achieve on reddit about lying about having an uncomfortable dick?

Maybe I should drop around to your club and you guys can have a look and see what's wrong with my poor ickle penis?

Circumsisions can go wrong. Case in point; http://www.amazon.co.uk/As-Nature-Made-Him-Raised/dp/0060192119 Boy who had his penis accidentally removed during a circumsision.

I have to read a book about him for class, As Nature Made Him. I'm really looking forward to it.

I finished reading As Nature Made Him not that long ago.

It's a pretty heart-breaking read, but definitely gives more insight into the story.

Don't Call Me Inspirational: a Disabled Feminist Talks Back by Harilyn Rousso.

Next months selection.

I'm afraid I don't have any specific advice for how to help your family. There's a book called Unstrange Minds which looks at how autism is perceived and understood in a number of different countries, including countries where having a disabled child is considered shameful for the family. The author writes about how, in both India and South Korea, there are parents who have sought acceptance and treatment for their child despite cultural forces. If you haven't read it, I wonder if it might give you ideas about how to move forward.

I recommend this one.

"Experiencing and Overcoming Schizoaffective Disorder: A Memoir"

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1512144363/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_DMhvybKMM581Q

I read an awesome book last year. "how to beat the pro football pointspread - second edition" by Bobby Smith

https://www.amazon.com/How-Beat-Football-Pointspread-Comprehensive/dp/1632203545

I consider myself a frequent/knowledgeable bettor. But I'm also younger and have much to learn. This really opened my eyes to different ways of approaching the games. How to read between the lines. A big theme in the book is helping you learn how to see through the noise that comes from analysts/networks that know nothing about what it means to be on the smart side of a bet.

I enjoyed it so much. It would show past examples of a game scenario, and what factors mattered in selecting a side. I constantly found myself saying AHA! It's not a long book at all. You can definitely crank it out in a day or two.

Good luck!

He’s definitely an inspirational guy! He also has a blog and published a book last year 😊

http://www.amazon.com/First-Person-Plural-Life-Multiple/dp/0786889780

This is an excellent memoir written by Dr. Cameron West who is a psychologist with D.I.D..

Have you read it?

http://www.amazon.com/Eleven-Seconds-Tragedy-Courage-Triumph/dp/0446521884


Quite possibly the most depressing hockey story there is.

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She may gain inspiration from my book Better Than a Cure, One Man's Journey to Free the World of Polio! https://www.amazon.com/Better-than-Cure-Journey-World/dp/1425191037

The article briefly mentions James Holman who also has a fascinating story. Go around the world in the early 19th century by himself.

A very interesting book was writen about him A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler . I would recommend if you want to know more.

Also you hear the interview with the author of the book on npr

Dead Run, the story of Dennis Stockton

http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Run-Shocking-Stockton-America/dp/0802775993

A very well written book about the only successful escape from death row.

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side bar: have you read the book 'send in the idiots.' i was a pretty big fan

thanks for the paper. off the top of my head, IBS is also extremely common in people with autism spectrum disorder.

Read this as well.

There have been a lot of books that have greatly influenced me -- Murakami's Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and Conrad's Heart of Darkness come to mind, as well as Kafka's Metamorphosis (on the novella side). But there's only one book I've read that really felt like an arrow striking my heart: As Nature Made Him, by John Colapinto. In short, it's a non-fiction work about a boy whose parents decide -- after a botched circumcision -- to raise him as a girl. I normally despise non-fiction, but I couldn't put it down. And I'll admit, I cried upon finishing it. It's utterly heartbreaking, especially with the knowledge that the subject of the book -- a man who grew up a mere ten miles away from me -- killed himself after the book was published (an act unrelated to the release of the book, thank goodness).

Whether you've never had an opinion on gender identity or nature vs. nurture or you've argued it until you're blue in the face, this book is profoundly affecting.

Crashing Through is a pretty good book on this topic.

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Eleven Seconds

I read this book when I was younger and couldnt put it down. I honestly dont remember many specifics but I do remember enjoying it.

It's a crazy story. That's why I looked it up. I just looked up Dr. Money, who wrote a book. Here is the link from Amazon. There are reviews from 2007 and 2012. https://www.amazon.com/Man-Woman-Boy-Girl-Conception/dp/1568218125
I couldn't find anything on Dr. Diamond Gender. It appears the person who wrote the Slate article wrote a book about this guy, called As Nature Made Him. It seems to be a true story. https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060192119/qid=1086286749/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/102-5621446-7592165?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

Maybe this is it? https://www.amazon.ca/Climber-Prolific-Spiderman-High-Rise-Condominium/dp/164027037X