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Book Review: Autism on Acid: How LSD Helped Me Understand, Navigate, Alter & Appreciate My Autistic Perceptions, by Aaron Paul Orsini
I stumbled upon this book while helping my dad clean out my uncle’s apartment shortly after he died.
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Background
I came upon this book not too long after my dad suggested I pick out whatever I wanted from a long list of items left behind by my recently deceased uncle. He had no will. He died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 45 due to a combination of the consequences of HGH overuse exacerbated by a litany of health issues, including HIV. There were many objects I found interesting, but could not make use of myself, such as clothes way too big for me, fentanyl test strips, lots of random knick knacks, dildos larger than my forearm, a super locked down PC he built himself from scratch, glow-in-the-dark silicone penis casting kit, tons of prescription meds, cool cat toys, and psilocybin and peyote grow operations gone sideways. This book turned out to be one of the fruitful exceptions. I actually do recall him attempting to also make homemade LSD in his closet and showing me his progress about 10 years ago as well.
