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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

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) 

Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology And How You Can Heal – Donna Jackson Nakazawa 

We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia 

Burnout by Emily Nagoski 

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)

Unstrange Minds: Remapping the World of Autism – Roy Richard Grinker

Regulation and Co-Regulation: Accessible Neuroscience and Connection Strategies that Bring Calm into the Classroom (15-Minute Focus Series) – Ginger Healy

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

YOUR CHILD IS NOT BROKEN: Parent Your Neurodivergent Child Without Losing Your Marbles – Heidi Mavir

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 

Verbal Judo: The Gentle Art of Persuasion – George J. Thompson and Jerry B. Jenkins  

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

I Can’t Go To School! : The School Non-Attender’s Workbook – Suzy Rowland and Adam Freeman  

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

Autistic LGBTQIA+ Community: 

The Autistic Trans Guide to Life

Spectrums: Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words: Sparrow, Maxfield: 9781787750142: Books – Amazon.ca

Misfit: Changemaker with an Edge: Souvaliotis, Andreas: 9780992029500: Books – Amazon.ca

Queerly Autistic – Be proudly autistic. Be proudly queer. Be proudly you.

Other Resources: 

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