Unmasking Autism

The book has some helpful info and is okay overall, though honestly it didn't do much for me personally - maybe because I spent a lot of time reading neurodivergent people's experiences and general info online before reading the book, so it felt a bit redundant. If you're new to the topic though, I think it might be a good starting point.

It was a very helpful read. To learn more about autism I started to read books and this one helped me immensely. It focuses on how autistic people mask and why they mask their autistic traits. Also, it explains why anyone who is not a "white, rich boy" has a hard time to get an official diagnosis even today. Also it comes with lots of helpful, handy exercises to put off the masks one has been wearing. Some parts of the book are a bit lot focused on the situation in the US - you may want to find data or statistics about your country-, yet, that's understandable given the author origin.

Another unsatisfying book on autism. Slightly helpful, but unsatisfying. I liked the first chapter about what autism is, though I would have liked to know what kind of studies found out the information and a bit more elaboration on the technical stuff. I kind of wanted just that chapter, but it being the book.
Instead, the rest of the book was blog-style authors experiences, opinions and advice. Admittedly respectable all of it, but a bit informal for my liking. Besides maybe not jiving with the authors writing style, I think I also feel this way about the book because the science just isn't there yet. The author has to rely on "this educator is doing this thing" because there is no "this comprehensive study of what things were done and their impacts".
Another hardship I have with this book is that it describes autism from the social model of disability point of view, which I love. But that relies heavily on the society of the autistic person to be relatable, and my society is not the authors society.
And lastly, I have the nitpicks like the author explaining what label avoidance is and immediately after using kind of shaming language towards the labels of misdiagnoses that autistics might get. Or writing about "how it is" without referencing the timeframe or locality of when and where it is like that.
So yeah, kind of nice book, helped me a bit, still unsatisfying.