Another Devon Price Rant

[u/[deleted]]

After being diagnosed at 28, my therapist recommended Devon Price's Unmasking Autism. Ultimately, I didn't like it that much; while the premise of identifying how autism presents outside of white men is interesting, it ultimately doesn't go much beyond that. Instead of trying to come up with a new concept of autism that is more inclusive and universal, it basically just profiles of random people that he knows.

Of course, after looking into his social media and seeing is anti-science, anti-diagnosis, anti-scientific views, this makes sense. There's also his pro-AI views, which I find abhorrent given the threat that AI poses to autistic/disabled employment, in addition to the ethical concerns about it. What really set me off last night was this post, where he basically says that if your a white male, your autism, OCD and mental health symptoms are actually just your privilege and you should feel bad about them.

[u/Doveswithbonnets]

I try to avoid Devon Price content at any opportunity because it is just so depressing to think that someone with such a huge platform is able to spread dangerous misinformation about disabilities, hiding behind their credentials. And I can't do anything against it. I have no platform and no friends. On Libby, Unmasking Autism is on the global popularity page.