Unmasking Autism: The Power of Embracing Our Hidden Neurodiversity

Unmasking Autism is a powerful book that examines the damage caused by autistic (and all) people leading masked lives and how unmasking is essential to creating a self-determined, authentic life. It blends cutting-edge research, personal insights, and practical exercises for self-expression to help readers uncover their true selves and build a new society where everyone can thrive on their own terms.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 07 April 2022
Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group

Reading this book felt like coming home - I didn't realize how much I had masked. What an incredible book that I know I will read many times over.

- Dr Camilla Pang, author of "Explaining Humans: Unmasking Autism" is at once a deeply personal and scholarly account of the damage caused by autistic (and all) people leading masked lives, and how unmasking is essential to creating a self-determined, authentic life.

- This is a remarkable work that will stand at the forefront of the neurodiversity movement.

- Dr Barry M. Prizant, author of "Uniquely Human: A Neurodiversity Manifesto" A powerful argument for radical self-acceptance applicable to all readers.

- Los Angeles Times: An essential roadmap for autistic people to be themselves.

- NPR: Price's accessible and compassionate writing shines, and readers will feel encouraged to embrace a new understanding of themselves. Its potential to help masked autistic adults, especially those from systemically marginalized backgrounds, makes this book essential for most collections.

- Library Journal (starred review): Have you, a friend, or family member been living with undiagnosed autism? For every visibly Autistic person you meet, there are countless masked people who pass as neurotypical. They don't fit the stereotypical mould of Autism and are often forced by necessity to mask who they are, spending their entire lives trying to hide their Autistic traits. In particular, there is evidence that Autism remains significantly undiagnosed in women, people of colour, trans and gender non-conforming people, many of whom are only now starting to recognise those traits later in life.

- Blending cutting-edge research, personal insights, and practical exercises for self-expression, Dr Devon Price examines the phenomenon of masking.

Weight: 436g
Dimension: 145 x 222 x 32 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800960541