12 Best nonfiction books like NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea by Judy Singer

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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 …

If you liked the nonfiction plot in NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea by Judy Singer , here is a list of 12 books like this:

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1. Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World

By: Candace Savage

3.87

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Who knew that crows are second only to humans as toolmakers and tool users, that they have complex … read more

Similar categories in Candace Savage's Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World book and Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

  • nonfiction
  • science
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2. An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales

By: Oliver Sacks

2.84

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Paradoxical portraits of seven neurological patients, including a surgeon consumed by the compulsiv… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • science

3. 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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4. Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare: The Mavericks Who Plotted Hitler's Defeat

By: Giles Milton

3.44

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Six gentlemen, one goal: the destruction of Hitler's war machine In the spring of 1939, a top-secre… read more

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5. 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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6. Olympos (Ilium, #2)

By: Dan Simmons

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian's Note: Alternate Edition with same isbn & isbn 13: January 2011 THE EXTRAORDINARY AND MA… read more

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7. ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood

By: Edward M. Hallowell

4.09

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A revolutionary new approach to ADD/ADHD featuring cutting-edge research and strategies to help rea… read more

Similar categories in Edward M. Hallowell's ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood book and Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
  • science
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8. The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees

By: Douglas W. Tallamy

4.35

Format: 197 pages, Hardcover

“With our hearts and minds focused on the stewardship of the only planet we have, the best way to e… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • science
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9. 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 Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

  • disability
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
  • 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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10. 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

Similar categories in Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice book and Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

  • disability
  • nonfiction
  • disability studies
"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

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11. 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 Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

  • 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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12. 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 Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

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

Cover of What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum by Annie Kotowicz

13. 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 Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

  • 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

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14. Colony Three Mars (Colony Mars #3)

By: Gerald M. Kilby

4.17

Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition

An alternative cover edition for this ASIN can be found here. Now that the truth of the genetic … read more

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15. 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

Similar categories in Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea book and Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

  • disability
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • academic
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability studies
  • sociology
  • adhd
  • science
Cover of Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman

16. 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

Similar categories in Robert Chapman's Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism book and Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

  • disability
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
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17. Prince: A Life from Beginning to End (Biographies of Musicians)

By: Hourly History

4.06

Format: 103 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the remarkable life of Prince...Free BONUS Inside!Prince was, according to many, one of th… read more

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18. Love & Autism

By: Kay Kerr

4.29

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

'Love has always intrigued me, in part because I have carried for a long time a feeling that I am d… read more

Similar categories in Kay Kerr's Love & Autism book and Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
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19. Admiral McRaven: The Biography of Admiral William McRaven

By: University Press

4.06

Format: 42 pages, Kindle Edition

University Press returns with another short and captivating biography of one of history’s most comp… read more

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Cover of Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Overcome Executive Dysfunction, Create Your Own Intrinsic Motivation, And Strengthen Your Relationships by T.J.  Harris

20. Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Overcome Executive Dysfunction, Create Your Own Intrinsic Motivation, And Strengthen Your Relationships

By: T.J. Harris

4.51

Format: 116 pages, Kindle Edition

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates over 5.4 million adults in the United Stat… read more

Similar categories in T.J. Harris's Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Overcome Executive Dysfunction, Create Your Own Intrinsic Motivation, And Strengthen Your Relationships book and Judy Singer's NeuroDiversity: The Birth of an Idea

  • psychology

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Candace Savage

3.87

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Oliver Sacks

2.84

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ADHD 2.0 : New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction—From Childhood Through Adulthood

Edward M. Hallowell

4.09

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4.35

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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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