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Taking Off the Mask
Practical Exercises to Help Understand and Minimise the Effects of Autistic Camouflaging
21,99 € |
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Verlag: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
Format: | EPUB |
Veröffentl.: | 21.09.2022 |
ISBN/EAN: | 9781787755901 |
Sprache: | englisch |
Anzahl Seiten: | 224 |
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Beschreibungen
<p>'I realised I had been camouflaging my whole life - I'd been trying to mask my autistic traits and fit in with all the non-autistic people around me.'<br><br>Growing up autistic can often feel as though you have to become a chameleon in social situations, camouflaging yourself to fit in with a seemingly neurotypical world. Combining lived experience with scientific research and practical advice, this book is the essential guide to understanding why you mask and how to feel confident without one.<br><br>Focusing on diagnostic devices like the Camouflaging Autistic Traits Questionnaire (CAT-Q) to discover the situations in which you mask the most and why, alongside a range of techniques, from CBT, compassion based therapy, DBT, and mindfulness to relieve anxiety and reduce stress, this guide gives you all the tools and confidence you need to re-connect with yourself, the things you love and finally, take off your mask.</p>
Practical exercises to understand why and how autistic people mask their autistic traits
Hannah Belcher is an autistic advocate and researcher, who has completed a PhD in camouflaging, mental health and late diagnosis in autistic females. She is a Lecturer in User Led Research at King's College London.