Reviews tagging 'Eating disorder'

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

52 reviews

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

spacekee's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

augustpeach_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

A+ work. Incredibly informative - I highly recommend for people who are learning more about unmasking their autistic selves, but May I also suggest: if you love an Autistic person or are close with one, (or have autistic employees or students) this could be an informative read for you too. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Ableism, Drug use, and Forced institutionalization

ryyyaaan's review against another edition

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

vercopaanir's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Some of Dr. Price’s particular writing quirks irked me a tiny bit, although thinking back on them they might have been because he’s Autistic… but overall this was a great book that defined Autism in new ways for me. It was intentionally inclusive of multiply marginalized Autistic people.  It discussed ways to make the world more neurodiversity-inclusive.   It was about “unmasking” Autism in the sense of clarifying what it is and how it affects our lives as Autistic people, but also about teaching Autistic people how we can unmask, which is important and even essential for our physical and mental health.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, and Eating disorder

toulozer's review against another edition

informative inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

AMAZING fast and well educated read. The only thing I would critique this book for is that the font is not very nd friendly as it is very small and skinny in size and took me a while to read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder and Racism

cerilouisereads's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, Transphobia, Classism, Dysphoria, Mental illness, Sexism, Eating disorder, and Misogyny

zosiablue's review against another edition

hopeful informative medium-paced

4.0

I read this because a friend suggested I might recognize myself and I did. While I don't need to lean into another diagnosis, I felt seen by many of these autistic/neurodivergent traits (especially as a kid), and also disabused of what autism is typically depicted as (white, male, middle class, nerdy). Mostly, whether it's autism or anxiety or what, this helped me pay attention to how I mask in the world, the ways I've adapted so I seem quirky but not off putting, bubbly but not annoying, and self-preserved but not too distant. I wonder what it would look like if I stopped the balancing act? Would I have more energy? Would I feel less cognitive dissonance? This is a good book to help you figure that out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism

Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, and Eating disorder

kjoli's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

fangervert's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Eating disorder