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 …
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1. Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder
By: Sarah Hendrickx
4.21
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of a person with an A… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- self help
"All the qualifications in the world dont mean a thing if you can't hold a conversation."-Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder
"I don't have the ability to process my feelings and articulate them; I just feel a whirl of emotions and physical sensations: dizziness, nausea, tight chest and overwhelming emotional pain..."-Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder
"Mental health conditions are the outcome of this refusal to admit limitations. Admission of limitations equates to failure for many women with autism. Admitting vulnerability and asking for concessio…"-Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder
"Real me only leaks out when the rote-learning system I have devised has insufficient data to maintain the facade. Real me is also allowed out in times of complete comfort and acceptance (it takes a r…"-Sarah Hendrickx, Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder
2. 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
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- 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
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
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5. 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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- 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
6. 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
- 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
7. 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
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- self help
8. 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
- 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
9. 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
- 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
10. 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
- 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
11. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- self help
12. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- self help
13. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- self help
14. Camouflage: The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women
By: Sarah Bargiela
3.82
Format: 48 pages, Hardcover
Autism in women and girls is still not widely understood, and is often misrepresented or even overl… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
15. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
"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
16. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
17. A Different Sort of Normal
By: Abigail Balfe
4.39
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
*The beautiful true story of one girl's journey growing up autistic - and the challenges she faced … read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- mental health
"Because if someone had told me when I was younger that it was OK to not be like everybody else, that it was not my job to try to be "normal" and to "fit in," that my way of seeing the world was just …"-Abigail Balfe, A Different Sort of Normal
18. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health
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
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- self help
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
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- mental health
21. Autism and Masking: How and Why People Do It and The Impact It Can Have
By: Felicity Sedgewick
3.85
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
Masking is a social survival strategy used by autistic people in situations where neurodiversity is… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- mental health