Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

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

51 reviews

cleot's review against another edition

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.

eldritch_ace's review against another edition

emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

espressoreader's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

I felt that this would have been very well representative to me, but for the pressure about genders and sexuality.  I felt that the author looks down on people of faith and categorizes us all as “hateful” and “manipulative.”  That is an unfortunate and unfair bias.  

I agree there are problems in the legal system, but I disagree with the politics behind defunding the police.  A crime committed by an autistic person or a person of color is not LESS harmful because of their disability or their background.  I say that as an autistic person of faith with a multiracial family. 

Regardless of religious and political differences, where the topic of autism and masking came up it was informative.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

careinthelibrary's review

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

crunchycrystals's review against another edition

informative reflective

5.0

literally just finished it maybe 10 seconds ago probably less but this book changed my life i have discovered so much about my brain and i can't wait to do these exercises

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Police brutality, Racism, Alcoholism, and Sexism

river23's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Mental illness and Eating disorder

kirstym25's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Bullying, Self harm, and Transphobia

michaelion's review against another edition

challenging hopeful informative tense medium-paced

4.5

I didn't read this book. Page after page after page, this book read me.

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Content Warnings

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

waybeyondblue's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Outing, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Addiction, and Transphobia

Minor: Alcoholism

linblythe_pub22's review against another edition

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