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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price
12 reviews
brynalexa's review
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, and Addiction
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Transphobia, Homophobia, and Ableism
cleot's review
5.0
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.eldritch_ace's review
4.0
Moderate: Mental illness, Eating disorder, Racism, Misogyny, and Ableism
Minor: Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Classism, Dysphoria, Police brutality, Forced institutionalization, Transphobia, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Chronic illness, and Toxic relationship
maddelpop's review
4.25
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
4.5
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
jcinf's review
5.0
Also with nuance: the awareness of getting a professional diagnosis and how it can be helpful or harmful, I love.
And the recognition of the value of self-diagnosing — or as the author says “self-realizing” made me feel seen.
All trigger warnings are mentioned but do not go into descriptive detail. They’re merely mentioned to create a well-rounded discussion on the intersecting “issues” surrounding Autism.
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Extended review:
Favorite quotes below. They’re long, but I like to write them down.
“I absorbed the idea, common to many “gifted” children, that a person’s intellectual potential belongs to society, not to themselves, and that they owe the world greatness to justify their oddness.”
“Neurotypical brains engage in sensory adaptation and habituation; the longer they are in the presence of a sound, smell, texture, or visual cue, the more their brain learns to ignore it, and allow it to fade into the background. Their neurons become less likely to be activated by a cue the longer they are around it. The exact opposite is true for Autistic people: the longer we are around a stimulus, the more it bothers us.”
“You cannot craft a comfortable or worthwhile life if you don’t know who you really are, or if your self-image is shaped entirely by rules imposed upon you by other people. Thankfully, it is possible to step away from defining yourself by the approval of other people, and by your adherence to society’s rules.”
“‘It’s neurotypical who categorized autism as a social disorder.’ Autistic people don’t lack communication skills, or a drive to connect. We aren’t doomed to forever feel lonely and broken. We can step out of the soul-crushing cycle of reaching for neurotypical acceptance and being reject despite our best efforts. Instead, we can support and uplift one another, and create our own neurodiverse world where everyone — including neurotypicals — is welcome.”
“We all deserve to take a step back and ask whether our lives line up with our values, whether the work we do and the face we show to others reflects our genuine self, and if not, what we might want to change.
When we accept individuals as they are, instead of warring with their unique needs and challenges, life can move at a more relaxed, accepting pace. A world that allows all Autistics to safely unmask is a world where anyone with strange interests, passionate emotions, environmental sensitivities, social quirks, or other differences is still seen as worthy and whole.”
“The opposite of alienation is integration. The psychological sense of connection and wholeness people whose identities are integrated can see a through line, connecting the many selves they have been across various times and places.”
“Stepping back and taking a look at my key memories and core values, I can see that I’m a dynamic powerful clearheaded person… I’m so different from the inept, powerless, clueless, needy, figure that I have always worried people might see me as I’m also nothing like the frigid passive intellectual, I’ve often masked myself as.”
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexism, Suicide, Transphobia, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Dysphoria, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
michaelion's review
4.5
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
4.25
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
charlinem's review
4.5
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, and Addiction
dakotaa_jpg's review against another edition
4.0
The only thing I didnt like (as a Black reader) was the author's clear attempt to accomodate racial differences while being bogged down by their likely subconcious biases. I felt like they did an excellent job talking about masking as a gender minority/trans person (which tracks bc thats their experiences) but their inability to specify whiteness in certain phrases (saying "girls and PoC" instead of "white girls and PoC erases WoC and others them; as well as talking about how autistic people get trapped in far right spaces when its primarily white autistic people), as well as a lack of discussion on how one might safely unmask as a racial minority (although it was brought up that it is unsafe, and explained that if society changes this will be alleviated, there were no personal solutions to alleviating the stress it causes), and how Black autistics and other autistics of color might find community in autistic spaces that are dominated by white people.
Obviously I understand that the author likely didnt consider these things and wouldntve thought to, but in a book by clearly well researched/well read academic, with a lot of anecdotes from people of different racial minorities in the Autistic community I found it weird that there were no resources offered or mention of the author's own shortcomings in this area. Im also acknowledging that these couldve been addressed in the print copy, but in the audiobook there was nothing.
Something that I found confusing was the way that the ADHD/Autism comorbitity was defined. The author mentions that there is an insanely high comorbitity rate for these disabilities, but then doesnt explain how that might present and even goes on to describe the differences in the way that these brains work (ie: the autistic brain does xyz while the adhd brain does the opposite). Im confused why the comorbitity was brought up if there wasnt going to be a discussion on what that comorbitity looks like. Especially in a book about people who likely would've gotten ignored about having one or both of these disabilities. I thought that section was unhelpful
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Suicidal thoughts