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Girl Unmasked: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life by Emily Katy
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Emily has written a thorough, moving, insightful, educational, raw, heartbreaking, heartfelt, and essential read about her arduous 17 yr journey to a diagnosis of autism. Bringing her readers' validation, self-recognition, and most importantly, a much needed awareness, platform, and voice.
A big part of the book is based on Emily's love of lists and how she uses them in her everyday life. With the inclusion of lots of lists that break down some really important elements of not only her story and how she survived the traumatic and turbulence caused whilst trying to navigate life as an undiagnosed child and teen. But also advice on what to do and how to support someone you love. Explaining what is wrong with the system individually and as a whole. Adding simple but effective changes that can be implemented in order to really make a difference with all of it coming from her own experience.
Emily also included an inclusive and vast list of great resources that can be easily accessed and made use of by the women and girls who think they may be autistic, those battling for a diagnosis, and those who are supporting them professionally or personally on that journey.
I love that each chapter starts with a quote relating to that chapter, and there is also a letter entitled, 'Dear the future generations of autistic people'.
It's an informative, engaging, sad, uplifting, confronting, powerful, and essential tool that should be included in and issued throughout educational settings and health service country wide. I'd even go so far as to say, worldwide.
Emily is an important and powerful voice for every diagnosed and undiagnosed autistic girls and women.
As a mum going through the final stages of an autism assessment and as a 40+ woman who thinks she may also be on the spectrum. I am in awe of Emily's bravery and courage and ability to share her story in order to prevent others going through what she had to endure. It's now one of my bibles with tabs galore and I'm encouraging my daughters to read it to help them understand and navigate their own journeys. Thank you Emily. XOX
A big part of the book is based on Emily's love of lists and how she uses them in her everyday life. With the inclusion of lots of lists that break down some really important elements of not only her story and how she survived the traumatic and turbulence caused whilst trying to navigate life as an undiagnosed child and teen. But also advice on what to do and how to support someone you love. Explaining what is wrong with the system individually and as a whole. Adding simple but effective changes that can be implemented in order to really make a difference with all of it coming from her own experience.
Emily also included an inclusive and vast list of great resources that can be easily accessed and made use of by the women and girls who think they may be autistic, those battling for a diagnosis, and those who are supporting them professionally or personally on that journey.
I love that each chapter starts with a quote relating to that chapter, and there is also a letter entitled, 'Dear the future generations of autistic people'.
It's an informative, engaging, sad, uplifting, confronting, powerful, and essential tool that should be included in and issued throughout educational settings and health service country wide. I'd even go so far as to say, worldwide.
Emily is an important and powerful voice for every diagnosed and undiagnosed autistic girls and women.
As a mum going through the final stages of an autism assessment and as a 40+ woman who thinks she may also be on the spectrum. I am in awe of Emily's bravery and courage and ability to share her story in order to prevent others going through what she had to endure. It's now one of my bibles with tabs galore and I'm encouraging my daughters to read it to help them understand and navigate their own journeys. Thank you Emily. XOX