What I Want To Talk About: How Autistic Interests Shape A Life
By: Pete Wharmby
4.45
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
This book isn't a memoir. It is a love letter to the phenomenon of autistic hyperfixation.' In W…
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1. Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism
By: David Mitchell , Naoki Higashida , K.A. Yoshida
3.76
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the author of the bestselling The Reason I Jump, an extraordinary self-portrait of life as a y… read more
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- biography memoir
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- disability
2. 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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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. 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
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- memoir
- autistic spectrum disorder
- mental health
- biography memoir
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- audiobook
"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
5. When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
By: Laura E. Anderson
4.38
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
"Anderson strikes a smart, balanced tone. . . . An exemplary guide to an understudied issue."--Publ… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
"Rebuilding a worldview and identity likely needs to include space for uncertainty."-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"I have lived far too much of my life with the end goal of eternal life in heaven, and so I missed a lot of life on earth."-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"A marker of healing from religious trauma is not simply the process of deconstructing one’s worldview and identity and rebuilding a new one; it is also the willingness to remain open to shifting and …"-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
"Religious trauma resides in our bodies and nervous systems in the same way that trauma from war, developmental trauma, or sexualized trauma live inside us. Though the triggers and environment of the …"-Laura E. Anderson, When Religion Hurts You: Healing from Religious Trauma and the Impact of High-Control Religion
6. 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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- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
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
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- psychology
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- disability
- audiobook
"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
8. 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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- audiobook
- autistic spectrum disorder
- disability
- mental health
"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
9. Keedie
By: Elle McNicoll
4.69
Format: 270 pages, Paperback
Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more
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- disability
- mental health
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."-Elle McNicoll, Keedie
10. 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
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
"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
11. 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
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
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- biography memoir
- 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
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
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- disability
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"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
14. Looking After Your Autistic Self: A Personalised Self-Care Approach to Managing Your Sensory and Emotional Well-Being
By: Niamh Garvey
4.31
Format: None pages, Paperback
'I no longer try to mask my autism; I now work to support my autism' It is a myth that autistic ch… read more
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- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
15. 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
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16. 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
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17. 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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- audiobook
18. Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition
By: Sarah Hendrickx
4.53
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of an autistic person… read more
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19. Autisterna: om kvinnor på spektrat
By: Clara Törnvall
4.02
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
Varför skrev poeten Emily Dickinson dikter om havet utan att någonsin ha sett det, varför är Underl… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
"But deficits and disabilities only exist in relation to an environment where some other way of functioning has been chosen as the yardstick. An autistic person - or one with any form of otherness - o…"-Clara Törnvall, Autisterna: om kvinnor på spektrat
"Yet the autistic woman is not masking with the intention of being deceitful. Her true self is invisible even to her own person. She is masking to fit in, and doing so unconsciously. Often, she doesn'…"-Clara Törnvall, Autisterna: om kvinnor på spektrat
20. 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
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21. 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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- psychology
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- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
22. 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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- memoir
- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
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- nonfiction
- disability
"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
23. Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life
By: Emily Katy
4.72
Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition
'Emily's moving book is a powerful testimony that shines a light on the continued failure of health… read more
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- memoir
- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
24. Late Bloomer: How an Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life
By: Clem Bastow
4.15
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Introducing a bold new voice in Australian nonfiction, Late Bloomer is a heartfelt coming-of-age me… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
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- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
25. What I Want To Talk About: How Autistic Interests Shape A Life
By: Pete Wharmby
4.45
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
This book isn't a memoir. It is a love letter to the phenomenon of autistic hyperfixation.' In W… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
26. 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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- disability
- audiobook
27. 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
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28. ADHD: A Hunter in a Farmer's World
By: Thom Hartmann
4.08
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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- audiobook
- nonfiction
- psychology
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29. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- mental health
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- disability
30. Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Adults
By: Luke Beardon
3.80
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
One of the biggest challenges if you are an autistic adult (or suspect you might be) is navigating … read more
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31. Plums for Months: Memories of a wonder-filled, neurodivergent childhood
By: Zaji Cox
4.07
Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition
As a neurodivergent child in a hundred-year-old house, Zaji Cox collects grammar books, second-hand… read more
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