Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

3 reviews

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

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

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