Dr. Devon Price talks with NK about 2022’s Unmasking Autism:Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity. Masking is a coping strategy, a way that neurodivergent people (especially autistic people) learn to fit into neurotypical society, with uneven success. But like many coping strategies, masking can do more harm than good in the long run – and the act of unmasking is a small act of resistance against conformity.

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This episode also includes some clips from Autistic Masking & Unmasking, The 4 Types of Autistic Masking, Twice as Hard: Masking Neurodiversity as Black Women, Discover your neurodivergent masks, and Black and Autistic! The Struggle is Real…

Plus Devon Price recommendsAmythest Schaber’sAsk An Autisticseries, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir by Anand Prahlad, and Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale.

Dr. Devon Price talks with NK about 2022’s Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity. Masking is a coping strategy, a way that neurodivergent people (especially autistic people) learn to fit into neurotypical society, with uneven success. But like many coping strategies, masking can do more harm than good in the long run – and the act of unmasking is a small act of resistance against conformity.
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This episode also includes some clips from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxhJDM6Bv1U&amp;ab_channel=PurpleElla">Autistic Masking &amp; Unmasking</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36-K-HW3syc&amp;t=440s&amp;ab_channel=I%27mAutistic%2CNowWhat%3F">The 4 Types of Autistic Masking</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fLqs1po2cA&amp;ab_channel=AllThingsEquitable">Twice as Hard: Masking Neurodiversity as Black Women</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiU1WRPJa-4&amp;ab_channel=TheThoughtSpot">Discover your neurodivergent masks</a>, and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV8J4qa10W0&amp;ab_channel=AutisticallyKofi">Black and Autistic! The Struggle is Real…</a> 
Plus Devon Price recommends Amythest Schaber’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WexCWZPJE6A&amp;list=PLAoYMFsyj_k1ApNj_QUkNgKC1R5F9bVHs">Ask An Autistic</a> series, The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir by Anand Prahlad, and Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman by Laura Kate Dale.

Where do you go when your own thoughts are unsafe? Basket Case, a series hosted by Nicole Kelly (NK), decodes the kaleidoscope of mental health and uncovers how our brain contorts our reality through original reporting, tender conversations, and deeply personal explorations.

Where do you go when your own thoughts are unsafe? Basket Case, a series hosted by Nicole Kelly (NK), decodes the kaleidoscope of mental health and uncovers how our brain contorts our reality through original reporting, tender conversations, and deeply personal explorations.

Basket Case

You do not have to be good

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