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Devon Price

Nascido: April 13, 1988 – Middleburg Heights, Ohio, United States

Devon Price is a social psychologist and writer whose work explores neurodiversity, disability, workplace culture, and LGBTQ+ identity. Best known for Laziness Does Not Exist and Unmasking Autism, Price writes for broad audiences, challenging productivity myths and advancing autistic self-understanding, accommodation, and social acceptance.

Biografia e Jornada do Autor

Devon Price came to authorship through psychology and the internet rather than through a conventional literary path. Price studied psychology and political science at Ohio State University, graduating in 2009, then earned a PhD in applied social psychology at Loyola University Chicago. Long before the book contracts, Price had been writing online since adolescence, moving from early forum culture to LiveJournal, MySpace, Tumblr, and eventually Medium. That long apprenticeship matters to the shape of the work: the voice is research-driven, but it was honed in public, in conversation with readers, subcultures, and the fast-moving debates of online life. ((https://psychology.osu.edu/news/psychology-alum-dr.-devon-price))

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I had known there was something wrong with me for quite a while
-Confirmation
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The identities I’ve adopted since have been more messy, and sticky and warm, and harder for other people to deal with
-Transactional Identities
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For years, I pictured anxiety as a thin woman with a narrow face, Shelley Duvall-ish, wringing her hands over every little thing
-Anxiety is Rigidity
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Long nighttime walks in quiet parks are heaven when you live in a big city but are sensitive to light and sound
-I’m a “highly functional” Autistic. It takes a lot of work
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That book is so much about how trying not to be who you are is never going to be an answer to that
-A Microinterview with Devon Price
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I didn’t like me, so I gave the world a better story
-Names, Revisited
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I am never not replaying my words and analyzing how they might come across to another person
-Being Known, and Not at All
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I’ve been on hormonal birth control, in the form of a daily pill, since I was 18 years old
-The IUD Chronicles, Part 1: Why I’m Going Off Hormonal Birth Control

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Vozes da Comunidade

"Devon Price is the most exciting, revolutionary voice in autism advocacy today"

Fern Brady

"Devon Price offers hope to the chronically busy: there's a better, more human way to live"

Cal Newport

"Social psychologist Devon Price explores the culture of work and how our society’s emphasis on achievement is leading to burnout and exhaustion"

BookPage

"Devon Price has written an essential and practical guide for autistic people who want to live as their full and authentic selves"

Eric Garcia

"Social psychologist Devon Price makes the thoughtful and science-backed case for why laziness is not only acceptable but necessary"

Shelf Awareness

"Dr Devon Price is a voice of compassion and transformation for autistic people everywhere"

Emily Katy

"Devon Price's voice is an engaging blend of deep knowledge and empathy"

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