To directly support and help empower autistic people and their families, please consider donating to the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network or the Asperger/Autism Network.
RECOMMENDED READING
FOR PARENTS and CLINICIANS:
Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
by Barry Prizant and Tom Fields-Meyer
Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism
edited by Shannon Des Roches Rosa, Jennifer Byde Myers, Liz Ditz, Emily Willingham, and Carol Greenburg
Raising Cubby: A Father and Son’s Adventures with Asperger’s, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosives
by John Elder Robison
Parenting Without Panic: A Pocket Support Group for Parents of Children and Teens on the Autism Spectrum
by Brenda Dater
Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate: A User Guide to an Asperger Life
by Cynthia Kim
My Baby Rides the Short Bus: The Unabashedly Human Experience of Raising Kids with Disabilities
edited by Yanta Bertelli, Jennifer Silverman, and Sarah Talbot
Asperkids: An Insider’s Guide to Loving, Understanding, and Teaching Children with Asperger’s Syndrome
by Jennifer Cook O’Toole
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
by Naoki Hidashida
Neurodiversity.com: Honoring the Varieties of Human Wiring
by Kathleen Seidel
The Anti-Romantic Child: A Memoir of Unexpected Joy
by Priscilla Gilman
FOR AUTISTIC PEOPLE, BY AUTISTIC PEOPLE:
Pretending to Be Normal
by Liane Holliday Willey
I Think I Might Be Autistic: A Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorder Diagnosis and Self-Discovery for Adults
by Cynthia Kim
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s
by John Elder Robison
Ask and Tell: Self Advocacy for People on the Autism Spectrum
edited by Stephen Shore, Liane Holliday Willey, Phil Schwarz, Roger Meyer, Kassiane Sibley, and Ruth Elaine Joyner Hane
Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking
edited by Julia Bascom
Typed Words, Loud Voices
edited by Amy Sequenzia, Elizabeth Grace, and Melanie Yergeau
Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate: A User Guide to an Asperger Life
by Cynthia Kim
No You Don’t: Essays from an Unstrange Mind
by Sparrow Rose Jones
Blazing My Trail: Living and Thriving with Autism
by Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg
The Independent Woman’s Handbook for Super Safe Living on the Autism Spectrum
by Robyn Steward
Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy Written for Autistic Students from Autistic Adults
edited by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
Developing Talents: Careers For Individuals With Asperger Syndrome and High-functioning Autism
by Temple Grandin and Kate Duffy
And Straight on Till Morning: Essays on Autism Acceptance
edited by Julia Bascom
A Field Guide to Earthlings: An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior
by Ian Ford
A Helpful Compilation of Blogs and Online Resources by Autistic People
by Kit Mead