Taylor’s Rankings Soar After “Autism Mothers” Censorship

Readers apparently want to find out what it is Autism Mothers doesn’t want author Thomas D. Taylor to tell them.
“After the blog post went out about being censored on Autism Mothers, people started buying ‘Autism’s Politics and Political Factions: A Commentary‘ like crazy,” Taylor said. “The book popped up the charts in Canada as well as the US practically overnight.”

Taylor admits he isn’t 100% certain the censorship is responsible for the upswing in sales.

“What I know is that some people are getting tired of hearing ‘Big Pharma’, ‘Big Pharma’, ‘Big Pharma’ and when I made it a point to suggest that ‘Big Homeopathy’ exists, suddenly I was censored on Autism Mothers, and people started buying my book. Kind of makes you wonder if there are shills for Big Homeopathy, and if the smarter people are catching on, doesn’t it?”

“Autism’s Politics and Political Factions: A Commentary” is available in Canada HERE, and in the US HERE. It also selling in other Amazon stories world-wide, both as a Kindle file and paperback.

As if proof needs to be provided that Taylor’s rankings spiked, check out the screenshots below:

It Seems Taylor Has Been Censored On “Autism Mothers”!

Do deleted comments and a lack of capability to post new ones mean that author Thomas D. Taylor has been censored? Some would probably say yes.

Taylor does not know for sure what’s happening over at Autism Mothers on Facebook, but he has his suspicions.

“I responded to some posts about cures not approved by the FDA or similar governing bodies existent in other countries, and also to allegations that vaccines cause autism,” says Taylor. “Though I am not a licensed medical professional, my position has always been that medical treatments not approved by a government agency ought not to be attempted, and that studies seem to predominately indicate that vaccines do not cause autism.”

Just as many in the autism community call the drug companies which are deemed by some to be responsible for “infecting” the world’s children with autism “Big Pharma”, Taylor is of the opinion that most of these rumors are spread by “Big Homeopathy”.

“I see a lot of rich homeopaths out there who claim to treat and cure autism,” says Taylor. “But I don’t see many cured autistics. What I do see are lots of expensive treatments with anecdotal reports (rather that peer-reviewed studies ) for ‘evidence’.”

Further, Taylor says:

“You can see the impression Big Homeopathy makes on people when they are so afraid of contrary views that they seem to prevent you from presenting said views. Fortunately, there is a way to identify who these types of people are.”

Taylor is referring to one of his books “Autism’s Politics and Political Factions: A Commentary.”

“The book is available all over the world in paperback and ebook format,” says Taylor. “Just check any Amazon website.”

Taylor sincerely hopes that the censorship by some anti-vaxers on others who do not agree with their opinions comes to an end, but he doubts that will happen.

“In the meantime, perhaps people will wise up and read my book,” says Taylor.

Why Do I Cause So Much Trouble?

“Thomas, why do you cause so much trouble?”

This was a question I was asked in response to the issuance of Autism’s Politics and Political Factions: A Commentary which, incidentally, has gotten a good reception thus far having twice popped up to the top  20 in one of Amazon.com’s categories. It’s also gotten a couple of 5 star reviews.

The book is selling in Australia, Brazil, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Spain, the UK, and the US on Amazon as well as in stores. It is even available in some libraries.

For those who don’t know, Autism’s Politics and Political Factions: A Commentary attempts to describe and delineate many of the factions within the autism world, and explains how people and organizations act on their beliefs either for the betterment of people with autism, or in a manner that hurts the autism community, or something in between.

Was this book really necessary? With all the fighting and trolling that goes on already on social media sites that have autism as their focus, was it really important to draw attention to it and bring it to the world’s attention?

I could be very snide about this and say, “Hey! If there wasn’t something there to write about, I wouldn’t have written anything.”

But instead, I will answer the question even more brutally but just as truthfully: I wrote that book because I was asked to write it.

“Who asked you, Taylor?”

People in the autism community. That’s who.

“Why would they ask you to write a book like this?”

Because certain people and organizations in the autism world have picked on other autistics, and trolled them, and bullied them, and harassed them, and threatened them to such an extent that they feel they no longer have a voice. And since I had already written Autistic Authors, and Autistics and Autism in Literature: A Commentary these trolled and bullied people thought perhaps I could be their voice by writing about the even more controversial issue of people and organizations who use and abuse autistics for selfish and egotistical reasons.

So I wrote the book. And in that book I put in all the opinions that people told me they had privately, but which they were too afraid to say to their trolls and bullies and bullying autistic self advocacy organizations directly. And I structured the book in such a way so that anyone reading it who was a troll or a bully could see how they make people feel, and so that they could see the negative impact they have on autistics.

And you know what? I’ve gotten so much thanks for what I’ve done that I do not regret it.

It’s been a pleasure, giving a voice to the oppressed.

As always, thanks for reading folks.

Thomas D. Taylor

UPDATE: Progress On New Book Continues

“Autistic Authors, and Autistics and Autism in Literature: A Commentary” was met with such enthusiasm and support in multiple countries (the Kindle edition hit number 16 in one of its categories in Germany, and 52 in one of its categories in the UK) , that Taylor has decided to work on a follow-up.

In the initial news announcement on November 6th, 2013, Taylor stated that the book’s length stood at about 45,000 words and counting. It has now passed the 54,000 word mark and Taylor continues to add more.

“There is just so much to talk about,” says Taylor. “My goal is to give readers a book that they can really sink their teeth into and think about afterwards.”

Further updates as events warrant.