Bookworms of all ages can enjoy these books about autism recommended by AutismBC community members and staff who found them impactful.
For Autistic Adults
Autistics Recommend: Books on Autism
Books about Autistic Women and Girls
But You Don’t Look Autistic at All – Toeps, Bianca, MacCorquodale-Smith, Fay
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle – Emily Nagoski
Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology And How You Can Heal – Donna Jackson Nakazawa
I Will Die On This Hill: Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World – Meghan Ashburn (Author), Jules Edwards (Author), Morénike Giwa Onaiwu
Kicking ASSpergers One Meltdown at a Time – Jeremy Tolmie, Dave Ray & Joel Mark Harris
Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism – Published by ASAN (Autistic Self Advocacy Network)
Letters To My Weird Sisters: On Autism And Feminism, Book by Joanne Limburg – You can borrow this book as an ebook or audiobook from the Aide Lending Library: Search results for weird sisters – AIDE Canada – OverDrive
NeuroDivergent Rebel’s 2021 Neurodiversity Book List
We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia
What I Want to Talk About: How Autistic Special Interests Shape a Life – by Pete Wharmby
For Everyone
All About PDA – Kathy Hoopmann
All About Dyspraxia – Kathy Hoopmann
Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 – Naoki Higashida (author of The Reason I Jump)
Neurotribes – Steve Silberman (TW: Language)
Uniquely Human – Dr. Barry Prizant
Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism – Roy Richard Grinker
Thinking in Pictures – Dr. Temple Grandin
For Caregivers
Beyond Behaviours: Using Brain Science & Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioural Challenges – Dr. Mona Delahooke
Brain-Body Parenting – Mona Delahooke, Ph.D.
Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle – Emily Nagoski
Calm The Chaos Dayna Abraham | Now Available for Order! (calmthechaosbook.com) – Dayna Abraham
I Will Die On This Hill: Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World – Meghan Ashburn (Author), Jules Edwards (Author), Morénike Giwa Onaiwu
Lost at School: Why our kids with behavioural challenges are falling through the cracks and how we can help them – Dr. Ross Greene
Raising Human Beings: Creating a Collaborative Partnership with your Child – Ross W. Greene Ph.D. (Author)
Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child and You Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life – Dr. Stuart Shanker
The Explosive Child – Dr. Ross Greene
The Little Book of Autism FAQs: How to Talk with Your Child about Their Diagnosis and Other Conversations – Davida Hartman, Illustrated by Margaret Anne Suggs
Motherness: A Memoir of Generational Autism, Parenthood, and Radical Acceptance – Julie M. Green
No Longer A Secret, 2nd edition: Unique Common Sense Strategies for Children with Sensory and Regulation Challenges – Lucy Jane Miller, Lisa M Porter, Doreit S Bialer
The Power of Showing Up – Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson
The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind – Daniel J. Siegel (Author), Tina Payne Bryson (Author)
Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion – George J. Thompson and Jerry B. Jenkins
YOUR CHILD IS NOT BROKEN: Parent Your Neurodivergent Child Without Losing Your Marbles – Heidi Mavir
For Children
All About Neurodiversity: The Card Deck – Kathy Hoopmann, Tony Attwood, Michelle Garnett
It’s OK to be Different: A Children’s Picture Book about Diversity and Kindness – Sujata Saha
Kindness is my SuperPower: A Children’s Book about Empathy, Kindness & Compassion – Alicia Ortego
Lots and Lots of Little Things – Kathy Hoopmann
Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different – Ben Brooks
Speak Up – Rebecca Burgess
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures – The Story of Dr Temple Grandin – Julia Finley Mosca & Daniel Rieley
What To Do When You Worry Too Much – Dawn Huebner
Why Johnny Doesn’t Flap: NT is OK! – Clay & Gail Morton
Mrs. Gorski, I Think I Have the Wiggle… – Barbara Esham
For Teens/Tweens
The Awesome Autistic Go-to-Guide (for teens and tweens) – Yenn Purkis & Tanya Masterman
The Aspie Teen Survival Guide – J. D. Kraus
The ASD Independence Workbook: Transition Skills for Teens and Young Adults – Francis Tabone
Autistically Thriving – Judy Endow
Beyond Puberty (Workbook)– PowerUp Education
Take it from the Expert: Sixteen Years of Living on the Autism Spectrum – Kaitlin Smith
I Can’t Go To School! : The School Non-Attender’s Workbook – Suzy Rowland and Adam Freeman
Professionals:
Teachers Guide to Autistic Behaviour: What, Why, and How to Help
Non-Speaking Autistics:
Carly’s Voice: Breaking Through Autism – Arthur Fleischmann
Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man’s Voice from the Silence of Autism – Naoki Higashida
Autistic LGBTQIA+ Community:
Misfit: Changemaker with an Edge – Andreas Souvaliotis
Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words – Sparrow Maxfield
The Autistic Trans Guide to Life – Yenn Purkis (Author), Wenn Lawson (Author)
Queerly Autistic – Be proudly autistic. Be proudly queer. Be proudly you. – Erin Ekins
Other Resources:
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