Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price

14 reviews

feminerdity's review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Police brutality, Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, Pandemic/Epidemic, Medical trauma, Addiction, Classism, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Homophobia, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Genocide, Grief, Racism, Transphobia, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Drug abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic relationship

brynalexa's review

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Reading this book felt like someone understood me for the very first time. It will be frequently useful when disclosing my disabilities and access needs to others. It was dense with information but very easy to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Ableism

scruffie's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

Read it as an audiobook, but I think I will re-read it on paper so that I can keep notes.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, and Eating disorder

cleot's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Suicide attempt, Classism, Addiction, Racism, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Bullying, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Self harm, Misogyny, Forced institutionalization, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, and Alcoholism

Content warnings are mostly minor discussions of those topics and how they relate to the experience of being a masked autistic person.

maddelpop's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Transphobia, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Drug use, Chronic illness, Classism, Addiction, and Ableism

michaelion's review

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: Grief and Ableism

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

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

ryyyaaan's review

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

bookedbymadeline's review

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, Racism, Bullying, and Transphobia

Minor: Eating disorder, Self harm, and Suicide attempt

jenny_librarian's review

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

A very interesting book about being autistic and learning to unmask and accept yourself.

Seeking an autism diagnosis as an adult is extremely difficult. Most people who don’t realize they are autistic before adulthood have low support needs, and have been masking all their life. It makes it incredibly hard then to figure out which parts of you are the mask and which are your true self. Despite the numerous green sticky notes I used when relating to autistic traits mentioned, I gaslighted myself throughout the whole thing, figuring that since I didn’t have it “that bad”, I must be appropriating an identity that wasn’t mine.

This book was illuminating on some points, but should definitely be used as part of a larger research if you think you are on the spectrum. It did include BIPOC and queer perspectives as well as those from people with other disabilities, something that not enough books and research do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Eating disorder, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Classism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Racism, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Infertility, Suicide, and Slavery