An Adult with an Autism Diagnosis
By: Gillan Drew
3.55
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Being diagnosed with autism as an adult can be disorienting and isolating; however, if you can unde…
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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
- nonfiction
- psychology
- 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
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
"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
"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
"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. Autism and Asperger Syndrome
By: Simon Baron-Cohen
4.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
Following on from the highly successful book Autism: The Facts, this new volume by Simon Baron-Cohe… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
4. 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
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
5. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's
By: John Elder Robison
4.23
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he w… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
6. 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
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
7. Coping: A Survival Guide for People with Asperger Syndrome
By: None
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
A Survival Guide for People with Asperger Syndrome' by Marc Segar. This is a valuable piece of writ… read more
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8. 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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9. 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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10. Becoming Ted
By: Matt Cain
3.90
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A charmingly joyful, surprising story about love, acceptance, and self-expression from the acclaime… read more
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- adult
11. Good Different
By: Meg Eden Kuyatt
4.52
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different
"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the «wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different
12. 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
- nonfiction
- adult
- 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
13. 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
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- 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
14. 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
- nonfiction
- psychology
- 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
15. Murder at the Monastery (Canon Clement Mystery #3)
By: Richard Coles
3.87
Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition
Daniel Clement has suffered a secret humiliation and to recover, takes respite at the monastery whe… read more
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16. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
"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
17. 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
- nonfiction
- psychology
- 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
18. 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
- nonfiction
- adult
- 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
19. 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
- nonfiction
- adult
- self help
20. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
21. 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
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
22. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
23. 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
- adult
24. Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships
By: Camilla Pang
3.49
Format: 239 pages, Hardcover
How proteins, machine learning and molecular chemistry can teach us about the complexities of human… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
"Science thrives on error, because it allows us to fine-tune, to evolve and to fix mistakes in our underlying assumptions"-Camilla Pang, Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships
"The lesson of proteins is to be more confident, less self-conscious and more accepting of the different roles people play, because of our very different personalities."-Camilla Pang, Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us about Life, Love and Relationships
25. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
26. 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
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
27. The Autistic Trans Guide to Life
By: Yenn Purkis
3.56
Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition
'A must-read!' FINLAY GAMESThis essential survival guide gives autistic trans and/or non-binary adu… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
28. 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
- adult
29. An Adult with an Autism Diagnosis
By: Gillan Drew
3.55
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Being diagnosed with autism as an adult can be disorienting and isolating; however, if you can unde… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- nonfiction
- adult
- self help
30. Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, & Step into Your Most Authentic Self
By: Rae McDaniel
4.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A first-of-its-kind practical guide to achieving gender freedom with joy, curiosity, and pleasure f… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
31. The Adult Autism Assessment Handbook: A Neurodiversity Affirmative Approach
By: Davida Hartman
4.58
Format: 365 pages, Kindle Edition
Adult autism assessment is a new and fast-growing clinical area, for which professionals often feel… read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- nonfiction
- psychology
- self help
