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For Autistic Adults

Autistics Recommend: Books on Autism 

Books about Autistic Women and Girls 

NeuroDivergent Rebel’s 2021 Neurodiversity Book List 

But You Don’t Look Autistic at All – Toeps, Bianca, MacCorquodale-Smith, Fay

What I Want to Talk About: How Autistic Special Interests Shape a Life – by Pete Wharmby

For Everyone 

Uniquely Human – Dr. Barry Prizant  

Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 – Naoki Higashida (author of The Reason I Jump) 

Thinking in Pictures – Dr. Temple Grandin 

Neurotribes – Steve Silberman (TW: Language)

For Caregivers

The Explosive Child – Dr. Ross Greene 

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 

Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child and You Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life – Dr. Stuart Shanker 

Beyond Behaviours: Using Brain Science & Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioural Challenges – Dr. Mona Delahooke 

The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind 

Brain-Body Parenting – Mona Delahooke, Ph.D. 

Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle – Emily Nagoski 

The Power of Showing Up – Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

For Children 

It’s OK to be Different: A Children’s Picture Book about Diversity and Kindness – Sujata Saha 

Why Johnny Doesn’t Flap: NT is OK! – Clay & Gail Morton  

Kindness is my SuperPower: A Children’s Book about Empathy, Kindness & Compassion – Alicia Ortego 

The Girl Who Thought in Pictures – The Story of Dr Temple Grandin – Julia Finley Mosca & Daniel Rieley

Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different – Ben Brooks

Speak Up  – Rebecca Burgess

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

Speak Up  – Rebecca Burgess

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

Other Resources: 

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