15 must-read nonfiction books like Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems) by Luke Beardon

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Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

By: Luke Beardon

4.01

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

If you've recently been diagnosed with ASD, or think you might be, or you are close to someone with…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems) by Luke Beardon , here is a list of 15 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 Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • 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. I Think I Might Be Autistic: A Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Self-Discovery for Adults

By: Cynthia Kim

3.63

Format: None pages, Paperback

What if instead of being weird, shy, geeky or introverted, your brain is wired differently? For adu… read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Kim's I Think I Might Be Autistic: A Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Self-Discovery for Adults book and Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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3. Seven Surrenders (Terra Ignota, #2)

By: Ada Palmer

4.06

Format: 360 pages, Hardcover

The second book of Terra Ignota, a political SF epic of extraordinary audacity. It is a world in wh… read more

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4. Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate: A User Guide to an Asperger Life

By: Cynthia Kim

4.09

Format: 156 pages, Paperback

Cynthia Kim explores all the quirkyness of living with Asperger Syndrome (ASD) in this accessible, … read more

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5. 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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6. The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum

By: Richard Panek , Temple Grandin

4.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A cutting-edge account of the latest science of autism, from the best-selling author and advocate W… read more

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7. 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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8. 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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9. Strong Female Character

By: Fern Brady

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A summary of my 1. I'm diagnosed with autism 20 years after telling a doctor I had it. 2. My… read more

Similar categories in Fern Brady's Strong Female Character book and Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
"I was continually over-identifying with fiction to try and find a template for myself and my story (143)"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"For all her flaws, my mum never raised me with dysfunctional attitudes to food or made me think I was greedy or not thin enough. She was always clear she disliked me for me."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It's 2022 as I write this and I'm still waiting to find someone I respect to speak openly and in detail about meltdowns. I'm really annoyed that I have to be the one to do this."

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

"It made perfect sense to me that my skin was bursting open in disgusting weeping pustules. The emotions felt volcanic and I'd never been good at communicating that to people in words so now my body w…"

-Fern Brady, Strong Female Character

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10. 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 Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

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

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11. 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 Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
"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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12. 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 Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

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

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13. 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

Similar categories in Chloé Hayden's Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After book and Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

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

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14. 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

Similar categories in Barb Cook's Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism book and Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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15. 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 Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • 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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16. Drama Queen: One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels

By: Sara Gibbs

4.39

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

'It has taken me several years of exploration, but I am at a place now where I see autism as neithe… read more

Similar categories in Sara Gibbs's Drama Queen: One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels book and Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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17. UNMASKED

By: Ellie Middleton

4.24

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

Brought to you by Penguin. Whether you are neurodivergent, suspect you might be, or want to be a… read more

Similar categories in Ellie Middleton's UNMASKED book and Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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18. Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

By: Luke Beardon

4.01

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

If you've recently been diagnosed with ASD, or think you might be, or you are close to someone with… read more

Similar categories in Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems) book and Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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19. Taking Off the Mask

By: Hannah Louise Belcher

4.13

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

“I realised I had been camouflaging my whole life – I’d been trying to mask my autistic traits and … read more

Similar categories in Hannah Louise Belcher's Taking Off the Mask book and Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • self help
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20. 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

Similar categories in Bex Ollerton's Sensory: Life on the Spectrum book and Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
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21. What Science Tells Us about Autism Spectrum Disorder: Making the Right Choices for Your Child

By: Raphael A. Bernier

3.67

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

What have scientists learned about the causes of autism spectrum disorder? Why do different kids ha… read more

Similar categories in Raphael A. Bernier's What Science Tells Us about Autism Spectrum Disorder: Making the Right Choices for Your Child book and Luke Beardon's Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems)

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction

12 must-read self help books like Autism in Adults (Overcoming Common Problems) by Luke Beardon

Transform Your Habits

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Rudy Simone

3.78

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I Think I Might Be Autistic: A Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Self-Discovery for Adults

Cynthia Kim

3.63

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

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Rachel Rodgers

4.20

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Jenara Nerenberg

3.84

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How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job

Sally Helgesen

4.11

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Devon Price

4.44

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