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Unmasking Autism: The Power of Embracing Our Hidden Neurodiversity by Devon Price

29 reviews

kirstym25's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Transphobia

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative tense medium-paced

4.5

I didn't read this book. Page after page after page, this book read me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Grief

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Classism

linblythe_pub22's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

This book has helped me immeasurably. It taught me new and deeper ways of unmasking with the help of what felt like a parasocial relationship with autistic community via the extensive interviews and sources used in the book. It doesn't give you any copout answers; Dr Price lays out the small thing autistic folk like me can do for ourselves but more significantly, the systemic changes we must fight for if the world is to be safe, free and joyful for everyone.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism and Medical content

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

spacekee's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Addiction, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Medical trauma

ryyyaaan's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This book is wonderful. To any autistic person or anyone with friends, family members, or loved ones who are autistic, you should read this. I feel so seen. I feel like I understand myself and my disability better. I feel more okay with myself.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Mental illness, Sexism, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Dysphoria, and Classism

vercopaanir's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Some of Dr. Price’s particular writing quirks irked me a tiny bit, although thinking back on them they might have been because he’s Autistic… but overall this was a great book that defined Autism in new ways for me. It was intentionally inclusive of multiply marginalized Autistic people.  It discussed ways to make the world more neurodiversity-inclusive.   It was about “unmasking” Autism in the sense of clarifying what it is and how it affects our lives as Autistic people, but also about teaching Autistic people how we can unmask, which is important and even essential for our physical and mental health.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Eating disorder

kjoli's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

katharina90's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

A really wonderful resource that I imagine is super validating and affirming for folks on the spectrum. Lots of great exercises. 

I really appreciated the suggestions on how to make public spaces more sensory-friendly and how to make our world more accessible in general.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, and Transphobia

bookedbymadeline's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I Feel so incredibly seen and understand! So many memories from childhood and adolescence have come flooding in and they make sense now. It’s like putting everything into a new perspective where I’m realizing “it wasn’t my fault, I was never the problem!” 😭

I’ve cried so much from finally feeling understood and knowing what was “wrong” my whole life-

The amount of times I gasped and said “wait I’m not the only one who felt like this/experienced this/does this”

So helpful in my journey, and incredibly validating since starting to look into diagnosis.

It’s been ups and downs of “I can’t possibly have autism” to “maybe I am autistic? hmm I’m relating a little too well to some of these things” to “let’s take a test” “well after many tests I think I’m definitely autistic” to “nah I’m probably faking it…nope def autistic“

It’s been a long and difficult process of accepting this new part of myself (even though I’ve been autistic all along it’s a lot to take in). It’s saddening to realize how much of what I was bullied for growing up was because of my autistic traits but I have hope I can learn to unmask and learn to love the parts of myself that I’ve been taught to hate or needed to “fix” for so long

Incredible resource I recommend to anyone who is Autistic or thinks they may be autistic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Racism, and Transphobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

charlinem's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Addiction, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts