Unmasking for Life: The Autistic Person's Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically

stop relying on neurotypical people’s acceptance in order to guide how we should act—and

we’ll explore how that process can look, and hear from several people who have walked away from a life defined by seeking approval and masking.

Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It’s also a radical act of self-love. But in order for Autistic people to take our masks off and show our real, authentically disabled selves to the world, we first have to feel safe enough to get reacquainted with who we really are. Developing self-trust and self-com