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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

Book by Devon Price · 3 quotes · Autism, Unmasking, Masking

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“We have to keep other people at arm's length, because letting them see our hyperfixations, meltdowns, obsessions, and outbursts could mean losing their respect. But locking ourselves away means we can't ever be fully loved.”

Autism Masking Unmasking

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“Much of what we call maturity is a silly pantomime of independence and unfeeling, not a real quality of unbreakable strength.”

Maturity Masking Unmasking

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“Masking also obscures the fact that the world is massively inaccessible to us. If allistics (non-Autistics) never hear our needs voiced, and never see our struggle, they have no reason to adapt to include us. We must demand the treatment we deserve, and cease living to placate those who have overlooked us.”

Autism Masking Unmasking Social Model Of Disability

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