To Siri With Love

“Just a public service announcement. If you are planning on reading or gifting “To Siri With Love” by Judith Newman, please be aware that the autistic community has called for a boycott.
The book is a grotesque invasion of the 13-year old son's privacy including her cruel observations that imagining him having sex is accompanied by the Benny Hill soundtrack in her head. She plans to acquire power of attorney to have him sterilized when he is 18, despite the fact that he is considered “high-functioning” (i.e. like me - I don't like to use functioning lables, but i want to be clear, he may have his own reasonable plans about starting a family.)
Books having a long shelf life, thes tell-all laughing at his struggles with social communication, motor apraxia, etc. may make her a lot of money and has gotten her on the NYT book list, however thata book is going to follow him for the rest of his life. It is child abuse in printed format.”

#BoycottToSiri copied and pasted.

This book should've never been published and seen the daylight. Not only does her autistic son get exploited for sympathy points for taking care of a disabled child and the woe is me parent, I'm also angry that the mother doesn't want her son to have children just because he's autistic. Your child is a human being and you should respect his privacy for the love of god.

https://bookriot.com/2017/12/05/an-open-letter-to-harpercollins-about-to-siri-with-love/

Brief, mildly entertaining and informative. Not for the easily shocked or offended. I'm actually more interested in the author's marriage to a much older man that involves living in separate apartments than in the story about her son who has autism.