Reviews tagging 'Ableism'

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

77 reviews

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

spacekee's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

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

noiraet's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

augustpeach_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A+ work. Incredibly informative - I highly recommend for people who are learning more about unmasking their autistic selves, but May I also suggest: if you love an Autistic person or are close with one, (or have autistic employees or students) this could be an informative read for you too. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Ableism, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization

nat_montego's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Transphobia

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

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

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

smallredboy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

5.0

Wonderful book; I loved its focus towards an Autistic audience and it helped me a lot to think about myself as a disabled person, about my masking experiences, and what the world needs to do to better accept everyone. I loved it to pieces and I can't wait to have it physically. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Racism, Violence, and Police brutality

jeskh's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

4.5

Should be essential reading for everyone, Autistic or Allistic, though I feel it is particularly valuable for people on the spectrum see all there is to appreciate about how they interact with the world. 

I gave it 4.5 stars rather than 5 because Unmasking Autism takes a very activist based approach to discussing Autism. While this is valuable I feel it leaves the potential to alienate Allistic readers or anyone who is conservative leaning politically. For instance, I would love to recommend this book to my family but I know it's political bend would turn them off such that they would be be unreceptive to the knowledge this book has to share. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Ableism

Minor: Xenophobia, Antisemitism, and War

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Classism, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Misogyny