19 best-selling nonfiction books like We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia

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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…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia , here is a list of 19 books like this:

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1. Aspergirls

By: Rudy Simone

3.78

Format: 236 pages, Paperback

Girls with Asperger's Syndrome are less frequently diagnosed than boys, & even once symptoms have b… read more

Similar categories in Rudy Simone's Aspergirls book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"When we're young we may be called "little professors," but when we get a bit older, we're more like "absent-minded professors."

-Rudy Simone, Aspergirls

"Kind, open and non-judgmental people do not "mutate" me as I like to call it, and these are the people I do want to be around."

-Rudy Simone, Aspergirls

"If it weren‘t for Asperger‘s and obsessions there would be no Theory of Relativity, no Magic Flute, no Microsoft…and no Ghost Busters."

-Rudy Simone, Aspergirls

"The trick is twofold: increase your self-confidence, and also, seek out the good in others, find whatever aspect of them you resonate with, no against."

-Rudy Simone, Aspergirls

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2. 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

Similar categories in Barry M. Prizant's Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability

3. Odd Girl Out: Being Autistic in a Neurotypical World

By: Laura James

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

From early childhood, Laura James knew she was different, but it wasn't until her mid-forties that … read more

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4. 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

Similar categories in Steve Silberman's NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

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5. 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

Similar categories in Pete Wharmby's Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • self help
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
"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

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6. 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

Similar categories in Jenara Nerenberg's Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • audiobook
  • self help
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • science
"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

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7. 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

Similar categories in Devon Price's Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • audiobook
  • self help
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • science
"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

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8. 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

Similar categories in Meghan Ashburn's I Will Die on This Hill book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • disability
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9. 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

Similar categories in Nick Walker's Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
"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

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10. 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

Similar categories in Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • audiobook
  • self help
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • social justice
  • disability
  • science
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11. Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum

By: Jennifer O'Toole

3.87

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The face of autism is changing. And more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick. A… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer O'Toole's Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • self help
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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12. 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

Similar categories in Annie Kotowicz's What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • self help
"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

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13. I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir

By: Sarah Kurchak

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Sarah Kurchak is autistic. She hasn’t let that get in the way of pursuing her dream to become a wri… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Kurchak's I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
"The people who are trying to be on our side have reduced us to a mere calculation"

-Sarah Kurchak, I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir

"I am still, ten years later, very much a work in progress. But at least I know what I am working on now."

-Sarah Kurchak, I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir

"It's not like, as the term "masking" seems to evoke, there's a superficial layer of actions and appearances that I can remove and instantly improve my life. I don't have a mask I can remove; I have a…"

-Sarah Kurchak, I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir

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14. 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

Similar categories in Sharon daVanport's Sincerely, Your Autistic Child book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • self help
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
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15. The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention

By: Simon Baron-Cohen

3.51

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autis… read more

Similar categories in Simon Baron-Cohen's The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • audiobook
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • science
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16. Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets For Helping Kids on the Spectrum

By: Temple Grandin

4.11

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Empowering strategies for anyone who works with children and teens on the spectrum. International b… read more

Similar categories in Temple Grandin's Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets For Helping Kids on the Spectrum book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • self help
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
"A common source of disappointment and frustration for parents is the letdown that happens soon after diagnosis. Parents seek diagnostic evaluations both to better understand their child and also to h…"

-Temple Grandin, Navigating Autism: 9 Mindsets For Helping Kids on the Spectrum

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17. But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

By: Paige Layle

4.28

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to … read more

Similar categories in Paige Layle's But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • self help
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
"We remain hidden, tucked away behind corporations aiming to change us, pushing supplements and instant cures into the hands of desperate parents looking to make our lives better. We're hidden behind …"

-Paige Layle, But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

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18. The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy

By: Stephanie Jones

4.51

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

"This is the book that would've saved me nine different therapists, decades of self-analysis, thous… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Jones's The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • self help
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19. 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

Similar categories in Megan Anna Neff's Self-Care for Autistic People book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • self help
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook
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20. Autism for Adults: An Approachable Guide to Living Excellently on the Spectrum

By: Daniel M. Jones

3.20

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The Ultimate Handbook for Success on the Spectrum – Written by and for Autistic People! I feel l… read more

Similar categories in Daniel M. Jones's Autism for Adults: An Approachable Guide to Living Excellently on the Spectrum book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • science
  • memoir
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. 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

Similar categories in Devon Price's Unlearning Shame: How We Can Reject Self-Blame Culture and Reclaim Our Power book and Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

  • self help
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • audiobook

14 Best audiobook books like We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia

Transform Your Habits

Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it

Pete Wharmby

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

Jenara Nerenberg

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity

Devon Price

4.44

Transform Your Habits

Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities

Nick Walker

4.37

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7 must-read adult books like Autism for Adults: An Approachable Guide to Living Excellently on the Spectrum by Daniel M. Jones

Transform Your Habits

Untypical: How the World Isn’t Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About it

Pete Wharmby

4.35

Transform Your Habits

Looking After Your Autistic Self: A Personalised Self-Care Approach to Managing Your Sensory and Emotional Well-Being

Niamh Garvey

4.31

Transform Your Habits

UNMASKED

Ellie Middleton

4.24

Transform Your Habits

But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

Paige Layle

4.28

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