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A review by steelcranberrybatman
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
This book is a manifesto/love letter to the autistic community, particularly to the autistics out there who are only just beginning to recon with their neurodivergence.
Price holds your hand as he guides you through a process of introspection and self discovery. This he does well.
Unfortunately, while Price does say that autism manifests differently for everyone, a chunk of the book felt like personal experience projected as a universal experience that most/all the readers would also have. Ironically, Price admonishes groups and pages that “overgeneralise their experience as representative of all autistic people” all the while sprinkling that throughout his own book.
It’s a good book, certainly one I am glad I read. It would work well as a great initial read for adults who did not know about their autism until recently.
Price holds your hand as he guides you through a process of introspection and self discovery. This he does well.
Unfortunately, while Price does say that autism manifests differently for everyone, a chunk of the book felt like personal experience projected as a universal experience that most/all the readers would also have. Ironically, Price admonishes groups and pages that “overgeneralise their experience as representative of all autistic people” all the while sprinkling that throughout his own book.
It’s a good book, certainly one I am glad I read. It would work well as a great initial read for adults who did not know about their autism until recently.