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• Off the Spectrum

  Rippon, Gina

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  Cognitive neuroscientist Gina Rippon sheds light on how old ideas about autism leave women behind and how the scientific community must catch up. When autism research studies don't recruit female participants, Rippon argues, it's not only…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Just the Job!

  a Light-hearted Guide to Office Life for the Autistic Employee

  Elley, Debby

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  Smart casual? Close of play? Endless water-cooler discussions about the weather? Non-autistic adults can behave in baffling ways and never more so in the maze of unwritten social rules, jargon and ritual that is your average day at the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bookbinder of Jericho

  Williams, Pip, 1969-

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  In 1914, when the war draws the young men of Britain away to fight, it is the women who must keep the nation running. Two of those women are Peggy and Maude, twin sisters who work in the bindery at Oxford University Press in Jericho. Peggy…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Unmasking Workbook for Autistic Adults

  Neurodiversity-Affirming Skills to Help You Live Authentically, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive

  Penot, Jessica

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  Written by a therapist who is actually autistic, this neurodiversity-affirming workbook offers skills to help you cultivate self-acceptance, manage intense emotions, and be your own advocate when needed. You'll take a good look at the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ten Steps to Nanette

  a Memoir Situation

  Gadsby, Hannah

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  Trigger Ten Steps to Nanette traces Gadsby's growth as a queer person from Tasmania, where homosexuality was illegal until 1997, to her ever-evolving relationship with comedy, to her struggle with late-in-life diagnoses of autism and ADHD,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Autist's Guide to the Galaxy

  Navigating the World of 'normal People'

  Törnvall, Clara

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  A playful guide to understanding the ways of 'normal people', The Autist's Guide to the Galaxy flips our usual scripts about neurodiversity. Following on from her internationally successful memoir, The Autists, Clara T rnvall has written a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nine Minds

  Inner Lives on the Spectrum

  Tammet, Daniel, 1979-

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  A Japanese researcher in psychology sets out to measure loneliness while drawing on her own experience of autism.

• Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum

  Understanding Life Experiences From Early Childhood to Old Age

  Hendrickx, Sarah

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  The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of an autistic person is hugely significant. In this widely expanded second edition, Sarah Hendrickx combines the latest research with personal stories from…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• House Rules

  Picoult, Jodi, 1966-

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  Jacob Hunt is a teenager: brilliant at maths, wicked sense of humour, extraordinarily organised, hopeless at reading social cues. And Jacob has Asperger's.

• The Mother Load

  Cox, Katy

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  Things will get easier when he starts school. That's what Lucy was told, and she believed it. But now that her autistic son Stanley has joined Reception, his obsession with Africa and daily screaming fits at the school gates haven't…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Love & Autism

  Kerr, Kay

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  Love has always intrigued me, in part because I have carried for a long time a feeling that I am doing love wrong.' Michael made a name for himself on the hit show Love on the Spectrum.

• The Neurodivergence Skills Workbook for Autism and ADHD

  Cultivate Self-compassion, Live Authentically, and Be Your Own Advocate

  Kemp, Jennifer (Psychologist)

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  Written by two neurodivergent psychologists, this workbook offers acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and self-compassion skills tailored to the needs of neurodiverse people--especially those with ADHD and Autism--so they can live…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Framed Women of Ardemore House

  a Novel

  Schillace, Brandy

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  A neurodivergent, hyperlexic book editor, Jo Jones, taking possession of a possibly haunted family estate in North Yorkshire, finds herself at the center of a murder investigation when the groundskeeper is found dead and a family portrait…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Disconnected Kids

  the Groundbreaking Brain Balance Program for Children With Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Disorders

  Melillo, Robert

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  Diagnosis rates of neurological disorders-including autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, dyslexia, and obsessive-compulsive disorders-are climbing at an alarming rate. Yet psychiatric drugs don't cure the problems; they only disguise the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?

  a Comedian's Guide to Autism

  Novellie, Pierre

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  Comedian Pierre Novellie was on stage when a heckler suggested he was autistic. Usually, this disruption would be water off a duck's back but two things made this heckler different: first, he was himself autistic. Second, he turned out to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Danny's People

  a Memoir and Manifesto About Austim

  Bovell, Virginia

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  Challenging the view that autism is something that needs to be 'cured', Virginia Bovell testifies to the extraordinary care Danny has received for over 30 years and the everyday kindness and decency of the people 'the band of angels' that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• How to Find a Four-leaf Clover

  What Autism Can Teach Us About Difference, Connection, and Belonging

  Rodgers, Jodi

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  A playful guide to understanding the ways of 'normal people', The Autist's Guide to the Galaxy flips our usual scripts about neurodiversity. Following on from her internationally successful memoir, The Autists, Clara T rnvall has written a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Little Less Broken

  How An Autism Diagnosis Finally Made Me Whole

  Schembari, Marian

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  Marian Schembari was thirty-four years old when she learned she was autistic. By then, she'd spent decades hiding her tics and shutting down in public, wondering why she couldn't just act like everyone else.

• The Neurodiversity Edge

  the Essential Guide to Embracing Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, and Other Neurological Differences for Any Organization

  Dunne, Maureen

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  This indispensable guide is based on more than two decades of immersive cognitive science research, case studies, stories from neurodivergent voices, in-the-trenches work with hundreds of organizations from start-ups to global Fortune 500…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Magnificent Minds

  the New Whole-child Approach to Autism

  Goh, Suzanne

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  Pediatric neurologist Dr. Suzanne Goh has spent decades working with autistic children, and in this practical and research-based guide she shares her renowned and revolutionary model of care: an innovative, whole-child approach that…Read moreRead more of this annotation