9 must-read autistic spectrum disorder books like Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg

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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…

"What happens when we stop pathologizing difference?"

-Jenara Nerenberg, Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

"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

"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

If you liked the autistic spectrum disorder plot in Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. 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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  • health
  • 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

2. Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make That Sabotage Their Careers

By: Lois P. Frankel

4.08

Format: None pages, Paperback

If you work nonstop without a break...worry about offending others and back down too easily...expla… read more

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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. The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance – What Women Should Know

By: Katty Kay , Claire Shipman

3.96

Format: 236 pages, ebook

Following the success of Lean Inand Why Women Should Rule the World, the authors of the bestselling… read more

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6. Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges

By: Amy Cuddy

4.16

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Have you ever left a nerve-racking challenge and immediately wished for a do over? Maybe after a jo… read more

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7. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind

By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon

4.29

Format: 310 pages, Paperback

Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • self help
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8. We Should All Be Millionaires: A Woman’s Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic Power

By: Rachel Rodgers

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Are you ready to fill your life with more peace, power, and joy? We Should All Be Millionaires d… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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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 Jenara Nerenberg's Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You

  • audiobook
  • self help
  • disability
  • health
  • 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. How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job

By: Sally Helgesen

4.11

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Since the publication of his international bestseller What Got You Here Won’t Get You There, busine… read more

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
"High-profile women who seek to rise are routinely criticised as being "too ambitious". What does "too ambitious even mean? It seems to mean that any woman who is ambitious is unseemly, over-the-top, …"

-Sally Helgesen, How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job

"Belief that Women should always be role models for others: The idea that high-profile women do not get to make their own life choices without first considering the potential impact upon all other wom…"

-Sally Helgesen, How Women Rise: Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job

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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

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • health
  • 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. 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

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  • audiobook
  • self help
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • science
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13. Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism

By: Barb Cook

4.00

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Barb Cook and 14 other autistic women describe life from a female autistic perspective, and present… read more

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  • health
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • self help
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14. Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum

By: Jennifer O'Toole

3.87

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

The face of autism is changing. And more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick. A… read more

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  • self help
  • autistic spectrum disorder
  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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15. 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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  • psychology
  • mental health
  • nonfiction
  • disability
  • 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

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16. My Money My Way: Taking Back Control of Your Financial Life

By: Kumiko Love

4.17

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

The self-made budgeting expert who has helped millions of women transform their relationship with m… read more

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  • audiobook
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17. New Startup Mindset: Ten Mindset Shifts to Build the Company of Your Dreams

By: Sandra Shpilberg

4.26

Format: 216 pages, Kindle Edition

Sandra Shpilberg will show you a new way to succeed as an entrepreneur! This provocative startup ta… read more

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18. She Thinks Like a Boss : Leadership: 9 Essential Skills for New Female Leaders in Business and the Workplace. How to Influence Teams Effectively and Combat Imposter Syndrome

By: Jemma Roedel

3.86

Format: 130 pages, Kindle Edition

Discover how to become an effective woman in leadership -- even if you’re shy, avoid conflict at al… read more

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  • psychology
  • self help
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19. Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder

By: Reshma Saujani

3.88

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

In a book inspired by her popular TED talk, New York Times bestselling author Reshma Saujani empowe… read more

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  • psychology
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"We've become conditioned to compromise and shrink ourselves in order to be liked. The problem is, when you work so hard to get everyone to like you, you very often end up not liking yourself so much."

-Reshma Saujani, Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder

"The work here isn't to figure out why they didn't like you, or who's right and who's wrong. It's to practice being okay with the idea that there are some people who will get you and some people who w…"

-Reshma Saujani, Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder

"We can't become unique by copying someone else's formula any more than we can become successful by striving for someone else's definition of success. And really, what's the point of succeeding by som…"

-Reshma Saujani, Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder

"I'm not alone in having spent my adult life only pursuing positions or projects I knew I'd ace. So many women stick to doing only the things at which they excel, rarely going beyond what makes them f…"

-Reshma Saujani, Brave, Not Perfect: Fear Less, Fail More, and Live Bolder

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20. 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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  • disability
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21. 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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3.84

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4.11

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3.95

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3.94

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