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

31 reviews

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: Racism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality

kjoli's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

fujo_cat's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This is going to be my new personal recommendation for people looking for nonfiction books on autism!

I remember seeing this book around when it came out and I added it to my TBR immediately. It wasn’t until I watched an autistic tiktok compilation with so many people praising and recommending it that I actually picked it up. I’m glad I did! 

I had to write my review on it as soon as I finished listening to it. It’s been so long since I finished a book this fast; granted, I was listening to it on 2x, but it was still very enjoyable and informative. I can now understand the praise it got from the community and I agree — it’s definitely worth a read/listen. 

I had some expectations, I’m not going to lie; I did pick this up because of all the praise, so I was expecting something good. I’ll be honest, though, I wasn’t expecting something this good! I have this problem with nonfiction, that I usually can’t get into it after some pages — I tend to get bored of it. It did not happen with this one! There was no filler and although some information overlapped, it never felt unnecessary.

Wait, I’m done already? — this is what I thought at the end of it; seriously, it was way too quick. 

I usually don’t read or listen to nonfiction and I’m pretty picky with my choices. I’m glad it did not disappoint. 

I think what made this book so good is the way it takes a subject like autism and expands on it — taking into consideration a percentage of autistic people who are either undiagnosed, high-masking, or a mix of autistic and black/queer/trans/etc.. As an autistic AAA battery (agender, aromantic and asexual), I’m glad my existence was approached in a respectful and interesting way! 

Besides, it is also written in a professional but easy-to-understand way, which I can certainly appreciate. 

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Basically, this is a great book: easy to understand writing, an inclusive approach and a fantastic topic to explore. 

I’ll totally recommend this one to you if you are interesting in knowing more about autism and how it might manifest in those who mask. 

This book changed my view of myself as an autistic person, honestly. If you care even a bit for this topic or you have people in your life who are autistic or even neurodivergent, please give it a chance! 

Overall, I definitely enjoyed this and I’m looking forward to more books from Price! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Racism, Self harm, Transphobia, and Police brutality

butlerebecca's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness and Police brutality

Minor: Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Toxic relationship

kateellis00's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Police brutality

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

stacy837's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism

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

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

moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition

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

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

Minor: Fatphobia and Transphobia