Demetra

“Refusing to perform neurotypicality is a revolutionary act of disability justice. It's also a radical act of self-love.”
― Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

“Recovery is predicated on aligning your life with your values, and you aren’t going to be able to align anything until you know who you are.”
― Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

“Therapy that is focused on battling “irrational beliefs,” such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), doesn’t work as well on Autistic people as it does on neurotypicals.[72] One reason for that is many of the fears and inhibitions of Autistic people are often entirely reasonable, and rooted in a lifetime of painful experiences. We tend to be pretty rational people, and many of us are already inclined to analyze our thoughts and feelings very closely (sometimes excessively so). Autistics don’t need cognitive behavioral training to help us not be ruled by our emotions. In fact, most of us have been browbeaten into ignoring our feelings too much.”
― Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

“—a definition of trauma should include “broken connection.” Accordingly, our healing comes in the form of reconnection—to our own body, mind, and spirit, but also to other people (especially”
― Diane Poole Heller, The Power of Attachment: How to Create Deep and Lasting Intimate Relationships