25 Top nonfiction books like The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity by Daniel Aherne

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The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

By: Daniel Aherne

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

At least one in seven people are thought to be neurodivergent. So what exactly is neurodiversity? W…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity by Daniel Aherne , here is a list of 25 books like this:

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1. Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2)

By: Elly Griffiths

4.33

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Chilling murder in the world of 1950s theatre - another case for DI Stephens and Max Mephisto. Brig… read more

Similar categories in Elly Griffiths's Smoke and Mirrors (Stephens & Mephisto Mystery, #2) book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

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. Organizing Solutions for People With Attention Deficit Disorder: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized

By: None

4.20

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

ADD, Attention Deficit Disorder and ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, are prevalent i… read more

Similar categories in None's Organizing Solutions for People With Attention Deficit Disorder: Tips and Tools to Help You Take Charge of Your Life and Get Organized book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

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4. The Mini ADHD Coach

By: Alice Gendron

4.33

Format: 0 pages, Hardcover

An inclusive guide to ADHD that explores its diverse types, symptoms, diagnoses, and misconceptions… read more

Similar categories in Alice Gendron's The Mini ADHD Coach book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • adhd
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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5. None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary

By: Travis Alabanza

4.38

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

‘When you are someone that falls outside of categories in so many ways, a lot of things are said to… read more

Similar categories in Travis Alabanza's None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • nonfiction
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6. The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets

By: Dawn French

3.87

Format: 363 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover the truth behind the many, many times Dawn French has been a complete twat over the last s… read more

Similar categories in Dawn French's The Twat Files: a Life of Mistakes - No Regrets book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • nonfiction
  • mental health
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7. 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 Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • 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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8. The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

By: Daniel Aherne

3.94

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

At least one in seven people are thought to be neurodivergent. So what exactly is neurodiversity? W… read more

Similar categories in Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
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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 Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
"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. Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally

By: Emily Ladau

4.41

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

An approachable guide to being a thoughtful, informed ally to disabled people, with actionable step… read more

Similar categories in Emily Ladau's Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • nonfiction
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11. 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

Similar categories in Bianca Toeps's Maar je ziet er helemaal niet autistisch uit book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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12. Death Under a Little Sky (Jake Jackson #1)

By: Stig Abell

3.72

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

A detective ready for a new life…For years, Jake Jackson has been a high-flying detective in London… read more

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13. 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 Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

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

Cover of Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After by Chloé Hayden

14. 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 Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
"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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15. Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help

By: Richard Pink

4.07

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

An empowering and witty guide to banishing shame and living your fullest life with ADHD—plus tips f… read more

Similar categories in Richard Pink's Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • adhd
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
"No one can hate themselves into a version of themselves that they like"

-Richard Pink, Dirty Laundry: Why Adults with ADHD Are So Ashamed and What We Can Do to Help

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16. 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

Similar categories in Eric Garcia's We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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17. 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 Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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18. 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 Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
Cover of Autisterna: om kvinnor på spektrat by Clara Törnvall

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

Similar categories in Clara Törnvall's Autisterna: om kvinnor på spektrat book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

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

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20. 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

Similar categories in Megan Anna Neff's Self-Care for Autistic People book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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21. 12 Hours to Say I Love You

By: Olivia Poulet

3.55

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

TWO PEOPLE. ONE LOVE STORY. TWELVE HOURS TO TELL IT... 'Not just a beautifully tender love story… read more

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22. 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

Similar categories in Emily Katy's Girl Unmasked: The Sunday Times Bestseller: How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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23. 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

Similar categories in Abigail Balfe's A Different Sort of Normal book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • 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

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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

Similar categories in Clem Bastow's Late Bloomer: How an Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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25. Autism for Adults: An Approachable Guide to Living Excellently on the Spectrum

By: Daniel M. Jones

3.20

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

The Ultimate Handbook for Success on the Spectrum – Written by and for Autistic People! I feel l… read more

Similar categories in Daniel M. Jones's Autism for Adults: An Approachable Guide to Living Excellently on the Spectrum book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
Cover of How Not to Fit In: An Unapologetic Guide to Navigating Autism and ADHD by Jess Joy

26. How Not to Fit In: An Unapologetic Guide to Navigating Autism and ADHD

By: Jess Joy

4.25

Format: 323 pages, Kindle Edition

’The lack of information around how ADHD and autism shows up in adults means that many of us have b… read more

Similar categories in Jess Joy's How Not to Fit In: An Unapologetic Guide to Navigating Autism and ADHD book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
  • mental health
Cover of Forget Me Not (Helen Grace, #12) by M.J. Arlidge

27. Forget Me Not (Helen Grace, #12)

By: M.J. Arlidge

4.46

Format: 456 pages, Kindle Edition

As a feud between drug gangs grips the city, a desperate mother begs DI Helen Grace to help find he… read more

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28. The PDA Paradox

By: Harry Thompson

3.82

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Diagnosed with Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) in his teenage years, Harry Thompson looks back … read more

Similar categories in Harry Thompson's The PDA Paradox book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • mental health
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29. We're All Neurodiverse

By: Sonny Jane Wise

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

"Neurodiversity has helped me understand myself and provided a sense of relief that I'm a whole neu… read more

Similar categories in Sonny Jane Wise's We're All Neurodiverse book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • adhd
"Identifying as neurodivergent isn't just another label; it's also an identity, it's a reclamation, it's a song. When we call ourselves neurodivergent, we are reclaiming our differences that society c…"

-Sonny Jane Wise, We're All Neurodiverse

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30. 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 Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • mental health
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31. Wonderfully Wired Brains

By: Louise Gooding

4.55

Format: None pages, Hardcover

An informative and inclusive children's guide to neurodiversity for those not in the know and to in… read more

Similar categories in Louise Gooding's Wonderfully Wired Brains book and Daniel Aherne's The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • nonfiction
  • mental health

17 Top psychology books like The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity by Daniel Aherne

Transform Your Habits

The Mini ADHD Coach

Alice Gendron

4.33

Transform Your Habits

The Pocket Guide to Neurodiversity

Daniel Aherne

3.94

Transform Your Habits

Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

Jenara Nerenberg

3.84

Transform Your Habits

Maar je ziet er helemaal niet autistisch uit

Bianca Toeps

4.05

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7 must-read adult books like Autism for Adults: An Approachable Guide to Living Excellently on the Spectrum by Daniel M. Jones

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

Looking After Your Autistic Self: A Personalised Self-Care Approach to Managing Your Sensory and Emotional Well-Being

Niamh Garvey

4.31

Transform Your Habits

UNMASKED

Ellie Middleton

4.24

Transform Your Habits

But Everyone Feels This Way: How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

Paige Layle

4.28

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