Books can play a big role in helping you and your child with Autism. You’ll find books can be a good way to connect with your children as they learn to share, make eye contact and it enhances their speech while reading one with their parents.
Here is a list of specially curated books related to Autism available on Kindle, Pdf version and paperback.
We would love to get recommendations from you on any useful books for children with Autism that are not in this list. You could write to us at contact@autismconnect.com
Untangling Autism: How to Parent Your Neurodiverse Child in a Neurotypical World
Discover the ultimate guidebook for autistic parenting with Untangling Autism. This book provides simple and critical strategies to help you build a better relationship with your neurodiverse child, master behavior situations, and recognize the complexity of the autism spectrum.
Kindle
Paperback
26 February 2024
Free for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Love in the Time of Autism: A Memoir
In this poignant memoir, Rivera gives us an opportunity to experience autism in the intimate setting of her family. Sometimes funny, sometimes painful, the stories run the gamut of human emotion as she searches for answers to the question of raising a son with autism. Though she offers little advice, she describes implicitly the transformation of her family, the growth of understanding and patience, and ultimately, the power of love.
Kindle
Paperback
9 January 2024
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Autistics in Academia: Narratives of Work, Adversity, and Achievement from Around the World
Embracing neurodiversity, Autistics in Academia amplifies the voices of thirty-seven autistic academics from around the world, unveiling their unique perspectives in academia. Sandra Thom-Jones, an academic and advocate, spotlights overlooked contributions, addressing challenges veiled by stigma. The book aims to dismantle barriers and foster a more inclusive academic landscape. Drawing on first-hand narratives, this work not only raises awareness but also provides insights into how non-autistic individuals can actively contribute to the success and enrichment of autistic academics. This book is an essential resource for those seeking to understand, support, and champion the contributions of autistic individuals within the academic world, and for anyone interested in building a more inclusive academy.
Kindle
Paperback
13 March 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
This Great Ape: Essays On Autism By A Late-Diagnosed Autistic Woman
Christine M. Condo, B.A., B.S., M.A., [she/her] was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder 1 (Asperger's Syndrome) in 2015 at the age of 42. These essays offer an intimate look into her thoughts and feelings as she adjusts to this new knowledge and its wide-ranging effects on her life. Alternately poignant and humorous, this book is a must-read for anyone wants to learn about being on the autism spectrum.
Kindle
Paperback
28 February 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
The Autistic Teen Girl's School Survival Guide
Navigating school can be tough, especially if you're neurodivergent. Sensory overload, confusing social situations, misdiagnoses, and the stress of masking it all can leave you feeling lost and misunderstood. But it doesn't have to be this way - this guide is here to help!
Kindle
Paperback
21 February 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Rediscovered: A Compassionate and Courageous Guide For Late Discovered Autistic Women (and Their Allies)
Late discovery can be life-changing - a lifetime of mysteries finally making sense. But there can also be a deep accompanying sense of grief. This is a book about coming home to yourself.
Kindle
Paperback
21 February 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Stairway to the Spectrum: One man’s story of coming to terms with autism and ADHD
Known and loved by his family and friends as quirky and different, Travis is a man on a mission to find his purpose in a world that often throws him grenades.
Kindle
Paperback
9 February 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Healing the Liminal: Lessons & Parables for Finding Your Way
As a multiracial, autistic, intuitive artist, Marcella Kroll has spent years understanding and appreciating the freedom that comes with being born in a world in which no predetermined path existed for her. For creatives, for healers, for the neurodivergent, and anyone else who is searching for their place, this book is a celebration of unconventional existences through history, space, and time—with parables and lessons from Marcella’s ancestors, and other spirits with whom she has connected, even throughout the cosmos. Learn to understand your multidimensional, constantly changing soul through the prism of these stories, as well as the practical advice that Marcella has acquired through decades of study.
Kindle
11 February 2025
Paid for Kindle
English
Opening Boxes: How to Navigate Life When You Have Autism
Opening Boxes: How to Navigate Life When You Have Autism offers an essential guide for individuals on the autism spectrum who want to break through barriers and build more meaningful, successful interactions with neurotypicals. Written by Jay Rothman, an autistic author who only discovered his diagnosis at the age of 46, this book provides practical advice on overcoming obstacles in daily life, from workplace challenges to personal relationships.
Kindle
Paperback
10 February 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
On Being an Autistic Therapist
This book is about working as autistic counsellors and psychotherapists. It is a collection of stand-alone chapters put together by members of the international online collective Autistic Counsellors and Psychotherapists (ACP). It shares their main aims: to tackle the lack of appropriate therapy available to autistic clients and to challenge the common stereotypes about autistic people, which are still very much alive and can bar them both from therapy and therapy training. But, because the writers have lived experience of the issues they are working with, they are also writing about ways of working most effectively and helpfully with autistic people. And that is what makes it unique. Each chapter describes both how the writer perceives and processes the world and how they work with clients. Their stories provide incontrovertible evidence that the existence of autistic therapists, far from being problematic or even a contradiction, is quite simply normal. And that neurodiversity, just
Kindle
Paperback
6 February 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English