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 …
Want to Read"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
"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
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1. 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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2. 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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3. 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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- biography
- autistic spectrum disorder
- mental health
- nonfiction
- 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
4. 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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- self help
- biography
- health
- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- adult
- disability
- audiobook
"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
5. 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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- self help
- health
- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- 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
6. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- 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
7. 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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- self help
- biography
- 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
8. 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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- biography
- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- adult
- disability
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"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
9. 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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- self help
- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- adult
- disability
- audiobook
10. 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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- biography
- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- self help
11. 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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- self help
- health
- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- adult
- disability
- audiobook
12. 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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- nonfiction
- psychology
- audiobook
13. 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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- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
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- nonfiction
- disability
- self help
14. 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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- health
- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
15. Illuminated: The impactful and empowering autobiography from Melanie Sykes
By: Melanie Sykes
3.53
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
All the things I left unsaid… Melanie Sykes has been a face on our screens, a voice on our radios … read more
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- autistic spectrum disorder
- biography
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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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- biography
- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- adult
17. 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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- biography
- health
- autistic spectrum disorder
- psychology
- mental health
- nonfiction
- disability
- audiobook
18. 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
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- audiobook
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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- nonfiction
- self help
20. 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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21. Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?
By: Pierre Novellie
4.56
Format: 325 pages, Hardcover
Why were the other kids at school obsessed with Britney Spears instead of The Goon Show? Why don't … read more
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- audiobook
"Often when people react to new information about autism they end up accidentally correctly pointing out evidence of autism as opposed to evidence of its absence. They end up like someone throwing up …"-Pierre Novellie, Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?
