The Awesome Autistic Go-To Guide: A Practical Handbook for Autistic Teens and Tweens (Awesome Guides for Amazing Autistic Kids)
By: Yenn Purkis
4.15
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
This book explores what it feels like to be a young person on the autism spectrum and looks at all …
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1. All Birds Have Anxiety
By: Kathy Hoopmann
4.27
Format: 72 pages, Hardcover
Life as a bird can be stressful! From worrying about airplanes, windows, and getting enough worms t… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- childrens
- mental health
2. M is for Autism
By: None , Vicky Martin , Robert Pritchett , The Students of Limpsfield Grange of Limpsfield Grange School
4.29
Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition
M. That's what I'd like you to call me please. I'll tell you why later.Welcome to M's world. It's t… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- disability
- mental health
3. All My Stripes: A Story for Children with Autism
By: Jennifer Zivoin , Shaina Rudolph , Danielle Royer
4.19
Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition
"Nobody gets me, Mama!" In All My Stripes, Zane the zebra feels different from the rest of his c… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- parenting
- childrens
- disability
4. Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
By: Barry M. Prizant , Tom Fields-Meyer
3.87
Format: 160 pages, Hardcover
Essential reading for any parent, teacher, therapist, or caregiver of a person with autism: a groun… read more
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- parenting
- autistic spectrum disorder
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
5. The Cybernetic Tea Shop
By: Meredith Katz
3.90
Format: 205 pages, ebook
Clara Gutierrez is a highly-skilled technician specializing in the popular 'Raise' AI companions. H… read more
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- lgbt
6. The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
By: David Mitchell , Naoki Higashida , K.A. Yoshida
5.00
Format: 36 pages, Hardcover
Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy … read more
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7. Brain Lock: Free Yourself from Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
By: None , None
3.98
Format: None pages,
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8. Slug Days
By: Sara Leach
4.29
Format: 156 pages, Hardcover
On slug days Lauren feels slow and slimy. She feels like everyone yells at her, and that she has no… read more
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9. No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
By: Richard C. Schwartz
4.15
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Discover an empowering new way of understanding your multifaceted mind—and healing the many parts t… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- mental health
"The big insight was that giving a troubled person a psychiatric diagnosis and seeing that as the sole or main cause of their symptoms was unnecessarily limiting, pathologizing, and could become self-…"-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
"IFS can be seen as attachment theory taken inside, in the sense that the client’s Self becomes the good attachment figure to their insecure or avoidant parts. I was initially amazed to discover that …"-Richard C. Schwartz, No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model
10. Good Different
By: Meg Eden Kuyatt
4.52
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more
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- childrens
- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- mental health
- disability
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different
"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the «wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different
11. The Sleepwalkers
By: Scarlett Thomas
3.17
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From “one of the UK’s most interesting authors” (Kirkus Reviews), Patricia Highsmith meets White Lo… read more
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12. Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it
By: Pete Wharmby
4.35
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
It’s time to remake the world – the ground-breaking book on what steps we should all be taking for … read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- self help
"By the time I entered education in the late 1980s, schools were about as well adapted for my neurotype as a set of stairs is adapted for the use by a Dalek."-Pete Wharmby, Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it
13. Maar je ziet er helemaal niet autistisch uit
By: Bianca Toeps
4.05
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
Autisme: da's toch dat je weet dat 7 augustus 1984 op een dinsdag viel? Nou... nee. Bianca Toeps le… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- self help
14. Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
By: Michael McCreary
3.78
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
Slaying autism stereotypes with stand-up, one joke at a time. Like many others on the autism spectr… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- disability
"Having autism is a characteristic, not a character."-Michael McCreary, Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
"I was diagnosed with autism at the age of five. I wasn't diagnosed as a comedian until much later."-Michael McCreary, Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum
15. 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
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- self help
"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
16. A Kind of Spark
By: Elle McNicoll
4.52
Format: 193 pages, Paperback
A neurodivergent girl campaigns for a memorial when she learns that her small Scottish town used to… read more
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- childrens
- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- mental health
- disability
"No horrible, awful, rubbish day is worth damaging a library book."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"Autistic people have probably done so much for hundreds of years without any credit."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"While you are neurotypical and I am autistic, I promise we are more alike than we are different."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
"Books are not medicine, they are food. You won't remember every bite but you will remember the taste."-Elle McNicoll, A Kind of Spark
17. I Will Die on This Hill
By: Meghan Ashburn
4.56
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
There is a significant divide between autistic advocates and parents of autistic children. Parents … read more
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- parenting
- autistic spectrum disorder
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
18. Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
By: Chloé Hayden
4.34
Format: 283 pages, Kindle Edition
An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
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"Our identities make us who we are, and all aspects of our identities are important, including (maybe even specifically) our disabilities."-Chloé Hayden, Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After
19. The Awesome Autistic Go-To Guide: A Practical Handbook for Autistic Teens and Tweens (Awesome Guides for Amazing Autistic Kids)
By: Yenn Purkis
4.15
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
This book explores what it feels like to be a young person on the autism spectrum and looks at all … read more
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- parenting
- childrens
- lgbt
- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- self help
20. The Lucky List
By: Rachael Lippincott
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Emily and her mum were always lucky. But Emily’s mum’s luck ran out three years ago when she suc… read more
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- mental health
- lgbt
"I need to be willing to play the game. I need to be willing to put myself out there, and be vulnerable, and take chances, even though I might lose."-Rachael Lippincott, The Lucky List
21. 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
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
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"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
22. 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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- parenting
- autistic spectrum disorder
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- self help
23. How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
By: Jessica McCabe
4.52
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In this honest, friendly, and shame-free guide, the creator of the award-winning YouTube channel Ho… read more
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- self help
- nonfiction
- disability
- mental health
"Sure, I have limits, but as fellow YouTuber and ADHDer Hannah Hart told me, creativity loves limits."-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
"We are acceptable humans as is, not once we stop having ADHD. You do not need to be fixed because you are not a broken version of normal."-Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD: An Insider's Guide to Working with Your Brain (Not Against It)
24. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
By: Patty Krawec
4.58
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast,… read more
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- nonfiction
"Blood quantum is a race theory that still forms the basis for legal Indian status in the United States and Canada."-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Each of these terms is correct and wrong, and it is likely that whatever term you use will at some point be corrected by somebody else to a term they think is more appropriate. The best thing to do i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Settlers and migrants and the forcibly displanted get worried when Native people start talking about Land Back. What about their house? Where will they go? Unable to imagine any scenario other than w…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"It isn't wrong to think about your ancestors, to hear their stories and understand where they came from. And if your ancestors have been in the United States or Canada for a long period of time, it i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
25. Can You See Me?
By: Libby Scott
4.28
Format: 365 pages, Paperback
A coming-of-age story about learning to celebrate yourself -- and teaching the world to recognize y… read more
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- childrens
- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- mental health
- disability
"Actually, the more I think about it, the more I figure that a lot of the cons of autism are not really caused by autism, but by how other people react to it."-Libby Scott, Can You See Me?
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26. Nothing Like I Imagined [Except For Sometimes]
By: Mindy Kaling
4.08
Format: 118 pages, Kindle Edition
In this hilarious collection, Mindy Kaling considers her new role as single mom, the perks of not h… read more
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- nonfiction
27. Do You Know Me?
By: Libby Scott
4.45
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this sequel to Can You See Me?, Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott return with another heartwarmin… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- middle grade
- mental health
- disability
28. Helping Your Child With PDA Live a Happier Life
By: Alice Running
3.78
Format: 124 pages, Paperback
Drawing on the author’s personal experience of parenting a child with PDA, this insightful and info… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- parenting
29. The Family Experience of PDA: An Illustrated Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance
By: Eliza Fricker
4.44
Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition
Eliza Fricker gets it. Describing her perfectly imperfect experience of raising a PDA child, with s… read more
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- nonfiction
- autistic spectrum disorder
- parenting
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30. Can't Not Won't: A Story About A Child Who Couldn't Go To School
By: Eliza Fricker
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
Eliza Fricker gets it. Her compelling, hard-hitting and irreverently humorous illustrations follow … read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
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31. The Spectrum Girl’s Survival Guide
By: Siena Castellon
4.21
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
"Never be ashamed of being different: it is this difference that makes you extraordinary and unique… read more
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- childrens
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