Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

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

16 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

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

careinthelibrary's review against another edition

hopeful informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Medical content

Moderate: Racism, Bullying, Transphobia, and Sexism

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Self harm, Pandemic/Epidemic, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, and Fatphobia

linblythe_pub22's review

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

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

stacy837's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Outing, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

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

moonyreadsbystarlight's review

informative reflective

5.0

This was such an incredible book! Written by an autistic trans social psychologist, this focused on high masking autistic experiences. He begins by talking about who is more likely to mask/less likely to be diagnosed as a child, what traits get overlooked, issues with how autism is "treated". Then, he goes into what masking can look like, how we might decide to unmask, and ending with what we need to do as a society to make it a safe place for people to live unmasked. I really loved that he talks so much about the social - not just ableism and stigma, but also aspects of racism, impact of poverty, and transphobia, among other things. 

This can be useful for anyone looking to understand the autistic experience, but it's written more specifically for neurodivergent people (especially for autistics, but but he talks about the fact that other ND folks can experience masking as well). I've looked a lot into autism over the years - especially the experiences of those diagnosed as an adult. Even still, there were so many things that he described and connected that made so much more sense. It's another book that I wish I'd had years ago, but am very grateful to have have it now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Ableism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Classism, and Police brutality

Minor: Fatphobia and Transphobia