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Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price
15 reviews
gilnean's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Torture, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Hate crime, Police brutality, Murder, and Dysphoria
Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic
aseel_reads's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism and Transphobia
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism
korourke's review
5.0
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, and Medical content
Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
fatfroggy's review
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Mental illness
Moderate: Addiction, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Transphobia, and Dysphoria
Minor: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Police brutality
jourdanicus's review against another edition
5.0
Dr. Price makes relevant observations and connections about how masking affects people on an individual level but also how the issue ties into societal/cultural pressures and discrimination. I love books about psychology that draw these connections because it really shows how mental illness and diverse neurotypes are socially seated. They are not just personal flaws that we should be left to deal with alone.
This book gives realistic examples and tips, without flowery language or euphemism. Recommended for anyone autistic, questioning, non autistic neurodivergent people, or anyone who has someone autistic in their life.
The content warnings I tagged indicate the discussion of the topics mentioned, not that the author or content of the book itself is ableist etc.
Moderate: Ableism and Eating disorder
Minor: Biphobia, Bullying, Chronic illness, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Classism
eldritch_ace's review
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Misogyny, and Racism
Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Dysphoria, and Classism
maddelpop's review
4.25
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism
linblythe_pub22's review
5.0
Moderate: Ableism and Medical content
Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria
zosiablue's review
4.0
Graphic: Ableism
Moderate: Addiction, Chronic illness, and Eating disorder
katharina90's review against another edition
5.0
I really appreciated the suggestions on how to make public spaces more sensory-friendly and how to make our world more accessible in general.
Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racism, and Transphobia