Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

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

27 reviews

zombiezami's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Vomit, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

d3vilsw0lf's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

After recently finding out I am autistic this has been an invaluable resource for me to better my understanding of the hidden disability I've been living with my entire life. 
Dr Price is very direct in the points he makes and uses interviews with other autistic people and studies that have been conductied to show how individualistic the disability can be, as well as how many parts of the disability overlap a wider group of people. The exercises are informative and, for me, eye-opening on how autism looks like in day-to-day lives. I'm very glad I found this book.
The only criticism I have is that I did have to pause multiple times as I read through the book due to things clicking into place from my past being down to undiagnosed autism, however I fully understand that is my experience reading the book with my life experience so is not a guarantee for everyone reading the book.
Thank you Dr Price for writing this book and being able to show me that autism isn't just a disability but far more than a label.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Gaslighting

The content warnings are more things discussed around the topic of autism and can be signs of trauma from being undiagnosed autistic and a neurotypical world

sevensableyes's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

A good book, definitely reccomend for people questioning. Easy to read and process. I'll definitely need to look into more books about autism, but I think this was a good starting point.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

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

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

Minor: Infertility, Slavery, and Suicide

sarahna's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Classism

crybabybea's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

missrosymaplemoth's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, and Bullying

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Transphobia, Grief, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Self harm, and Forced institutionalization