Gail Saltz

On the positive side, I learned a lot about various brain disorders. I thought that aspect of the topic was covered well with good examples and quotes from people who have the disorders and have learned to cope and even excel. Another big plus is the emphasis on how we all can better relate to others who have brain disorders. One example is "people first" where we say and see "a person with dyslexia" rather than a "dyslexic." The latter actually calls the person by the name of the disorder. That in itself was a great take-away for me.

I felt that the part of the book where both the substance and the writing (the organization of thought) was most lacking was in the attempt to show that link between disorder and genius. To me the book would have been better with just the title "The Power of Different" and less strain to show this link. Probably a lot of what was said surrounding the link would have stayed in, but the reader would have not been focused on looking for that as the important part of the book. In my opinion, the link to genius was the least important aspect of the book, because a link did not seem to be demonstrated all that well.… (meer)