Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
By: Nick Walker
4.37
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on h…
Want to Read $ 9.99"If you see anyone trying to narrow the definition of neuroqueer and trying to police who gets to use the tern, feel free to tell them that I said to stop acting like a fucking cop. The world needs more queering and fewer cops."-Nick Walker, Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
"If you see anyone trying to narrow the definition of neuroqueer and trying to police who gets to use the tern, feel free to tell them that I said to stop acting like a fucking cop. The world needs more queering and fewer cops."-Nick Walker, Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
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1. The Queer Art of Failure
By: J. Jack Halberstam
4.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Queer Art of Failureis about finding alternatives--to conventional understandings of success in… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
2. Feminist, Queer, Crip
By: None
4.46
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
In Feminist, Queer, CripAlison Kafer imagines a different future for disability and disabled bodies… read more
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3. NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
By: Steve Silberman
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Hardcover
A New York Timesbestseller Winner of the 2015 Samuel Johnson Prize for non-fiction A groundbreaking… read more
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4. Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
By: Jenara Nerenberg
3.84
Format: 244 pages, ebook
A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women—those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensit… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
"What happens when we stop pathologizing difference?"-Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
"Many women latch onto language from popular psychology, such as "panic attack," when often they are instead experiencing sensory overwhelm."-Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
"Despite what the words "attention deficit" imply, ADHD is not a deficit of attention, but rather a challenge of regulating it at will or on demand."-Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
"High stimulation is both exciting and confusing for people with ADHD, because they can get overwhelmed and overstimulated easily without realizing they are approaching that point."-Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You
5. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.55
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more
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- disability
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- essays
- disability studies
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"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
6. Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
By: Devon Price
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked Autism, giving in… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
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- disability
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"Therapy that is focused on battling “irrational beliefs,"-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
"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
"Much of what we call maturity is a silly pantomime of independence and unfeeling, not a real quality of unbreakable strength."-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
"We have to keep other people at arm's length, because letting them see our hyperfixations, meltdowns, obsessions, and outbursts could mean losing their respect. But locking ourselves away means we ca…"-Devon Price, Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
7. Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
By: Nick Walker
4.37
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on h… read more
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- audiobook
- disability
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- queer
"If you see anyone trying to narrow the definition of neuroqueer and trying to police who gets to use the tern, feel free to tell them that I said to stop acting like a fucking cop. The world needs mo…"-Nick Walker, Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
8. We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation
By: Eric Garcia
4.14
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doc… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
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- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
9. Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism
By: Barb Cook
4.00
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Barb Cook and 14 other autistic women describe life from a female autistic perspective, and present… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
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- nonfiction
- disability
10. What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum
By: Annie Kotowicz
4.40
Format: 118 pages, Kindle Edition
In this intimate and insightful mix of memoir and manifesto, Annie Kotowicz invites you inside the … read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
"There are billions of us -- humans everywhere, with access to our own minds and no one else's, tossing one another songs and sentences to bridge the gap."-Annie Kotowicz, What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum
"I’ve noticed a communication pattern among autistics, myself included—we often try to express solidarity through similarity. “I’ve been through something like that"-Annie Kotowicz, What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum
11. The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.46
Format: 333 pages, Paperback
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha follows up their incredible book Care Work with The Future Is Disa… read more
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- audiobook
- disability
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- essays
- disability studies
- queer
"There is no one disabled future. But in mine, there is guaranteed income, housing, access, food, water, and education for all—or money has been abolished. I get paid to write from my bed. The births …"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
"Sometimes I feel impatient about how much ableism has forced us to emphasize accessibility to get people to pay even a modicum of attention to it. Collective access is revolutionary because disabled …"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
"A future where disability justice won looks like queer, trans, Black, Indigenous, folks of colour, and women, girls, and nonbinary humans are living in a world where disability is the norm, and where…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, The Future Is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs
12. Sincerely, Your Autistic Child
By: Sharon daVanport
4.30
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A rare and diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights to parents the unique needs of gir… read more
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- psychology
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- nonfiction
- essays
- disability
- audiobook
13. Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice
By: Jennifer Mullan
4.48
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
A call to action for therapists to politicize their practice through an emotional decolonial lens. … read more
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14. Radical Intimacy
By: Sophie K. Rosa
4.23
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
An impassioned discussion about the alternative ways to form relationships and resist capitalism. … read more
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15. Self-Care for Autistic People
By: Megan Anna Neff
4.45
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Ditch the stigma, stop masking, and put yourself first with these 100+ exercises that reinforce the… read more
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- disability
- audiobook
16. Letters to My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism
By: Joanne Limburg
4.11
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
It seemed to me that many of the moments when my autism had caused problems, or at least marked me … read more
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"Guilt attaches to an act, but shame attaches to a person."-Joanne Limburg, Letters to My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism
"We are, all of us, striving constantly to pass those normality exams, to take our raw and boundless selves and squash them into the forms of neater and nicer girls."-Joanne Limburg, Letters to My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism
17. Is This Autism? (A Guide for Clinicians and Everyone Else)
By: Donna Henderson
4.71
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Though our understanding of autism has greatly expanded, many autistic individuals are still missed… read more
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18. NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea
By: Judy Singer
4.01
Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition
Judy Singer is generally credited with the coinage of the word that became the banner for the last … read more
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19. Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power
By: Devon Price
4.33
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Learn to identify—and combat—Systemic Shame, the feeling of self-hatred and disempowerment that com… read more
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20. Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism
By: Robert Chapman
4.39
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
‘Groundbreaking … [provides] a deep history of the invention of the “normal” mind as one of the mo… read more
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21. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum
By: Bex Ollerton
4.27
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences—from diagno… read more
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