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A review by lizshayne
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
5.0
It took me like half a day to read the first 80% of this book and then three days to slowly process the final chapters and the more specific conversation about what unmasking looks like.
Also, Price talks at the end about accepting editorial encouragement to write the book for the neurodivergent gaze and not accommodate the neurotypical gaze and, damn, does he succeed. The book would be good no matter what, but the sense that he's not writing to make the neurotypicals comfortable (or uncomfortable; it's just not for them) gives such strength and impetus to how the books calls on its readers to think about their movements through the world.
It was so good and a book that I think I'm going to need to spend a lot more time sitting with.
Also, Price talks at the end about accepting editorial encouragement to write the book for the neurodivergent gaze and not accommodate the neurotypical gaze and, damn, does he succeed. The book would be good no matter what, but the sense that he's not writing to make the neurotypicals comfortable (or uncomfortable; it's just not for them) gives such strength and impetus to how the books calls on its readers to think about their movements through the world.
It was so good and a book that I think I'm going to need to spend a lot more time sitting with.