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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

Book by Devon Price · 5 quotes · Autism, Unmasking, Masking

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“Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It's also a radical act of self-love.”

Autism Disability Justice Unmasking Neurotypical

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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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“To unmask is to lay bare a proud face of noncompliance, to refuse to be silenced, to stop being compartmentalized and hidden away, and to stand powerfully in our wholeness alongside other disabled and marginalized folks. Together we can stand strong and free, shielded by the powerful, radical acceptance that comes only when we know who we are, and with the recognition that we never had anything to hide.”

Inspirational Radical Acceptance Autism Acceptance Unmasking Neurodivergency

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