Books can play a big role in helping you and your child with Autism. Youâll 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
They Are Among Us: 38 Portraits Of Famous Autistic People
In this new collection of his best chronicles broadcast on RTBF, Josef Schovanec sheds light on certain unsuspected profiles of our history through the autistic prism.
Kindle
20 March 2025
Paid for Kindle
English
Searching for Normal: A New Approach to Understanding Mental Health, Distress and Neurodiversity
In Searching for Normal, Sami Timimi explores the political and cultural context of these phenomena and presents a deeply humane approach that looks at the person as a whole â their family context, their culture, their personal resilience â and advocates for a reframing of how we think about and treat distress.
Autism in Girls and Women: Assessment and Diagnosis (Portuguese Edition)
The book stands out for offering practical examples, reports from autistic women and a comparative analysis between genders, shedding light on the specificities of female autism. Aimed at psychologists, doctors, health professionals, family members and autistic adults, this publication is a valuable source of knowledge and awareness, contributing to a more assertive diagnosis and a deeper understanding of people's universe.
Kindle
3 March 2025
Paid for Kindle
English
The Lost Girls of Autism: How Science Failed Autistic Women - and the New Research that's Changing the Story
In The Lost Girls of Autism, renowned brain scientist Gina Rippon delves into the emerging science of female autism, asking why it has been systematically ignored for so long. Generations of researchers, convinced autism was a male problem, simply didnât bother looking for it in women. But it is now becoming increasingly clear that many autistic women and girls do not fit the traditional, male, model of autism. Instead, they camouflage and mask, hiding their autistic traits to accommodate a society that shuns them.
Explaining AuDHD: A Guide to Autism and ADHD Co-concurrence (The Explaining... Series Book 1)
Youâre probably familiar with autism or with ADHD by now: an increase of information online has helped more people advocate for assessments. However, much of the discussion around the two conditions centres on their neurological differences. But what about those diagnosed with both? Where do the two conditions intersect and overlap?
Paperback
3 April 2025
Paid for Paperback
English
Assessing and Diagnosing Young Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A DSM-5-TR Compliant Guide 2nd Edition
Now in its second edition, this practical handbook assesses global developmental delay and other neurodevelopmental disorders in young children. Explaining diagnostic, support, and treatment services available for children and their families, this volume clarifies psychological and medical terminology, and global legislative and societal factors relating to assessment. Fully updated, this new edition incorporates the transition from DSM-5 to DSM-5-TR and has an increased emphasis on cross-cultural and ethnic diversity aspects of assessing and diagnosing neurodevelopmental disorders in young children.
Paperback
9 April 2025
Paid for Paperback
English
Verywell Autism
No two people with autism spectrum disorder are the same. This developmental disorder is complex, impacting social, communication, and behavioral skills. This special print edition of VeryWell explores the nuances of the autism spectrum, as well as treatment options, signs of autism across all age groups, resources, and what it means to be autism friendly. Please note that this product is an authorized edition published by the Dotdash Meredith Corporation and sold by Amazon. This edition is printed using a high quality matte interior paper and printed on demand for immediate fulfillment.
Paperback
14 March 2025
Paid for Paperback
English
In My Nature: Sustainable Art and Autism
James creates bold, engaging collages and montages from old lottery scratchcards and other used materials. His autism has an influence throughout his creative process, from gathering materials to sorting them by colour, visual theme and texture before hole-punching, tearing or cutting them up for collaging â it even affects the subjects he depicts. These are primarily peaceful, calming woodland settings and animals, but also branch out into architecture, portraiture and the surreal.
Kindle
27 February 2025
Paid for Kindle
English
The Female Profile of Autism: A Guide to Clinical Assessment
Written for professionals and autistic women alike, the female profile of autism is demystified and associated subjects including sexuality, relationships, professional life and routes to diagnosis are explored including a lived-experience case study by Annyck Martin. In addition, an assessment questionnaire is provided, tailored specifically to the diagnosis of autism in women. Each question is supported by clinical commentary from Autism experts Tony Attwood, Isabelle Henault, Valentina Pasin and Bruno Wicker to help the reader interpret answers and reach informed conclusions.
Isabelle Henault, Annyck Martin
Kindle
Paperback
21 April 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Bigger Than the Moon: A Parentâs Journey with Autism
In BIGGER THAN THE MOON, Syreeta Brown recounts a transformative and deeply personal journey as the parent of a child with autism, traversing life pre-diagnosis through to her daughterâs eighth birthday. Over the course of the book, Syreeta highlights a number of key issues that parents and carers of children with autism may face â advocating for diagnosis, navigating local authority processes, coping with âinvisibleâ learning needs â and how to effectively manage these.
Kindle
Paperback
3 March 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English