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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price
29 reviews
fujo_cat's review
5.0
This is going to be my new personal recommendation for people looking for nonfiction books on autism!
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.
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Basically, this is a great book: easy to understand writing, an inclusive approach and a fantastic topic to explore.
Moderate: Alcoholism, Ableism, and Mental illness
Minor: Self harm, Police brutality, Transphobia, Eating disorder, and Racism
butlerebecca's review
4.0
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Police brutality and Mental illness
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Homophobia
kateellis00's review against another edition
4.25
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Racism, Homophobia, Police brutality, and Transphobia
zombiezami's review
5.0
Graphic: Dysphoria, Bullying, Ableism, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Medical content, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Colonisation, Mental illness, Biphobia, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Medical trauma, Racism, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Classism, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Colonisation, Sexual harassment, Pandemic/Epidemic, Religious bigotry, Slavery, Vomit, Cursing, Domestic abuse, and Police brutality
stacy837's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Ableism
Minor: Eating disorder, Alcohol, Outing, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Slavery, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality
jenny_librarian's review against another edition
4.5
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.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Ableism, Forced institutionalization, Addiction, Eating disorder, Medical content, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Genocide, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Classism, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Racism, Emotional abuse, Police brutality, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Infertility, Suicide, and Slavery
sarahna's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Eating disorder, Hate crime, Police brutality, Addiction, Mental illness, Classism, Forced institutionalization, Racism, Sexual content, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, and Ableism
moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition
5.0
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.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Racism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Ableism
Moderate: Eating disorder, Child abuse, Classism, and Police brutality
Minor: Fatphobia and Transphobia
armontheroad's review against another edition
5.0
- Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity is an absolute must-read for all Autistic people and all non-Autistic (allistic) people with an Autistic loved one in their life! Devon Price does an absolutely phenomenal job at writing this book in an easy-to-digest/understandable way. Not only does he use this book to talk about how we, as Autistic people, can learn to unmask in an ableist society, he also uses this book to shed light on tons of other marginalized communities that are affected by the ableist white-supremacist society we live in.
- Autism is not the only neurodivergency touched upon in this book; we discuss ADHD, schizophrenia, BPD, PTSD, anxiety, depression, just to name a few. Price also weaves in stories from Actually Autistic individuals to showcase his points. I deeply appreciate him interviewing such a diverse range of Auties! We get to see into the lives of Auties who are physically disabled, Black, brown, trans, queer, etc. As an Autistic Latino queer trans man, I was very grateful for these discussions. It is very often white people forget POC in conversations about diversity/marginalized identities and even though Price bringing us into the narrative is the bare minimum white people can do, it was still greatly appreciated!
- I cannot express in a cohesive manner just how much this piece meant to me. During my reading, I cried dozens upon dozens of times. Feeling seen as an Autistic individual is something I am still getting used to after spending over twenty years unaware the reason I didn’t fit into our ableist society was that I was disabled the entire time. Reading about the universe experiences Autistic individuals face was very cathartic. Not only that but there is great advice provided within the text! Devon Price adds tons of exercises and resources throughout the book to truly help Autistic individuals learn to live happy fulfilling lives as our true selves. With that said, I applaud Price for acknowledging the fact lots of Autistic people with intersectional marginalizations (Black and brown Auties, Auties in poverty, etc) do not always have the privilege or resources to be able to unmask themselves.
- Unmasking Autism is worth the read! It is by far one of the best pieces I have read about Autism. Price’s work truly will change so many lives of masked Autistic (and Neurodivergent) individuals! I will say, this book dives deep into so many discussions. Due to this fact, there are lots of potentially triggering subject matter throughout the text. Below I will list the ones I clocked onto whilst going through my first read. I am sure when the book is released and I start my reread through the physical copy, I will think of more to add on, so please tread carefully through your read! To end things off, this was a five-star read and I *will* be picking up his other work!!
Graphic: Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Transphobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Police brutality, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Racism, Antisemitism, and Homophobia