Girl Unmasked
How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life
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Girl Unmasked
Narrated by:
Emily Katy
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About this listen
'Emily's moving book is a powerful testimony that shines a light on the continued failure of health services to provide any kind of meaningful improvement for autistic people. Should be essential reading for mental health professionals and anyone with autism in their lives.' - FERN BRADY, author of Strong Female Character
'This book will bring so many readers self-recognition and comfort.' - DEVON PRICE, author of Unmasking Autism
'Vulnerable, affecting and deeply personal, this book will go from a message in a bottle to a rallying cry for many autistic women, girls and young people. We are not alone.' - Elle McNicoll, bestselling author
'A brilliant, thorough exploration of autistic experience, delivered with humanity, compassion and vivid clarity.' - Pete Wharmby, author of Untypical
'A magnificent read which manages to be informative, engaging, sad and uplifting all at the same time. Whether you're discovering that you're autistic yourself or you simply want to understand autistic people better, this is a must-read.' - Cathy Wassell, CEO Autistic Girls Network charity & author of Nurturing Your Autistic Young Person
'The book I wish I'd been able to read when I was younger.' - Sarah Gibbs, author of Drama Queen
To the outside world, Emily looks like a typical girl, with a normal family, living an ordinary life. But inside, Emily does not feel typical, and the older she gets, the more she realises that she is different.
As she finally discovers when she is 16, Emily is autistic. Girl Unmasked is the extraordinary story of how she got there - and how she very nearly didn't.
Still only 22, Emily writes with startling candour about the years leading up to her diagnosis. How books and imagination became her refuge as she sought to escape the increasing anxiety and unbearable stresses of school life; how her OCD almost destroyed her; how a system which did not understand autism let her down; and how she came so close to the edge that she and her family thought she would never survive.
In this simple but powerful memoir, we see how family and friends became her lifeline and how, post-diagnosis, Emily came to understand her authentic self and begin to turn her life around, eventually becoming a mental health nurse with a desire to help others where she herself had once been failed.
Ultimately uplifting, Girl Unmasked is a remarkable insight into what it can be like to be autistic - and shows us that through understanding and embracing difference we can all find ways to thrive.©2024 Emily Katy (P)2024 Octopus Publishing Group
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Emily tells her story of living in a loving and supportive family, who are learning with Emily to understand the difference of being autistic, in a neurotypical world.
Emily is 'perfectly neurodivergent' and 'Girl unmasked' will no doubt be helpful for so many who will identify with her experiences. This book will also help people with their own self inquiry and self discovery.
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Thank you Emily for sharing your experiences, so we can all benefit from your reflections and learnings.
This wonderful book made me cry, laugh and reflect.
A brave, honest & helpful account
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I just want to say that for me it was not always an easy read and that most of the book is about negative past experience. I had to pace myself while reading it
Very interesting and insightful
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I've listened to many books on this subject and this is one of the best.
Thought provoking
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Brilliant book, well read
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Highly recommend
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