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
A Trapper's Guide to Autistic Critters
While many children move predictably from point A to point B, our autistic critters take a delightfully unconventional route-starting at point A (maybe), detouring
Paperback
4 March 2025
Paid for Paperback
English
Autistic Burnout Recovery: Your Guide to Your Personal Recovery Plan
A Simon & Schuster audiobook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every listener.
Paperback
11 March 2025
Paid for Paperback
English
Wired Our Own Way: An Anthology of Irish Autistic Voices Paperback
Wired Our Own Way: An Anthology of Autistic Irish Voices is the first collection of personal essays written by Autistic Irish adults. One in twenty seven Irish school children are now diagnosed as autistic, and autism is entering the general population’s consciousness much louder than it did in the past. As understanding about autism spreads, more and more adults are now finding out that they are autistic. This Anthology shines a light on how important autism identification is, and how the label of 'Autism' can enhance ones self-understanding and self-compassion.
Paperback
28 May 2025
Paid for Paperback
English
The Autism Dialogue Approach Handbook: Transforming Communication in Neurodiversity
The Autism Dialogue Approach Handbook serves as both a comprehensive guide and a practical handbook for healthcare professionals, educators, caregivers and anyone engaging with the autism community. Jonathan Drury presents the Autism Dialogue Approach (ADA), a pioneering framework rooted in dialogue and mindfulness practices. It addresses the diverse needs of autistic and neurodivergent individuals, emphasising that ‘the autism community’ includes everyone, promoting an inclusive understanding of neurodiversity.
Kindle
Paperback
28 April 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Reasonable Adjustments for Autistic Children: How to Make Their World Better
Autism acceptance has led to - at least, at surface level - an increased understanding of what autistic children need, and of what they find difficult to cope with. But is the world really making the kind of adjustments that would see your child truly thrive?
Kindle
Paperback
1 April 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Good Times with Out-of-Sync Grandkids: Activities for Grown-ups and Children with Sensory Processing Differences
Good Times with Out-of-Sync Grandkids is a guide for making memories. It includes more than fifty activities that the fictional Grammy and Pops have enjoyed over the years with their fictional grandchildren, Carrie, Darwin, and Edward. You may have met the kids in The Out-of-Sync Family: A Story about Sensory Differences (Sensory World, 2023).
Carol Stock Kranowitz, Durell Godfrey
Kindle
Paperback
3 March 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
The Neurodiversity Affirmative Child Autism Assessment
Moving away from a deficit-based medical approach to child autism assessment (identification), this comprehensive and detailed handbook covers the most up to date research and best practice. Created to encourage and empower clinicians to make a paradigm shift to a more neurodiversity-affirmative approach, this book acknowledges the challenges of working within a system that is inherently deficit based and provides practice points and clinical reflections on how to embed neurodiversity-affirmative principles in their individual practice. This handbook is essential reading for those involved in assessing, as well as for those working with Autistic children more generally.
Dr Kavanagh, Dr Day, Davida Hartman
Kindle
Paperback
21 April 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Spectrum of Independence: How to Teach Your Neurodiverse Child Daily Life Skills
As a parent of a neurodiverse child, milestones that many families take for granted--like seeing your kid graduate from high school or college, get a rewarding job, and, eventually, leave the nest--may be fraught with uncertainty. How can kids who need loads of support to get through the day ever learn to take care of themselves? This motivating, practical book gives you concrete strategies for maximizing the independence of your child or teen with autism, intellectual disabilities, or other forms of neurodiversity. Exercises and downloadable worksheets are rooted in scientifically based behavioral principles and illustrated with vivid, empathic examples. By breaking down tasks like getting dressed, brushing teeth, or making a sandwich into manageable "microsteps," you will learn to phase out assistance gradually and systematically as kids take ownership of their routines. Actively boost your child's autonomy--this book shows how.
Parenting Different: How to raise your neurodivergent kids to be their authentic, awesome selves
Sarah Hayden, social worker, mother and neurodivergent human herself, helps you unlearn everything you thought you needed to know about parenting neurodivergent kids. Covering everything from autism presentation, diagnosis, family life, siblings, schooling and puberty to therapy, food and everything in between, Sarah provides new ideas and practical tools on how to support your child to be their best and authentic self. She also shares the story of her daughter Chloé Hayden's journey to receiving an autism diagnosis, how that transformed her own expectations and parenting, and how a family's love ensured their child had a place in the world where the spotlight was on their strengths rather than their perceived "deficits."
Kindle
Paperback
6 March 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Autism For Dummies
Autism For Dummies is a comprehensive guide exploring the full spectrum of autism experiences. This essential resource deepens understanding for self-advocates, parents, educators, and professionals, fostering respect and acceptance for all individuals on the autism spectrum. Covering the basics of autism, including the latest research and diagnostic criteria, the book offers insights into neurological diversity. It acknowledges the vastly different abilities and support needs among autistic individuals, portraying these experiences with depth and empathy.
