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
The A Word: A Mother’s Journey Through Autism and Love
Actress, comedian and mother Tisha Campbell (Martin, My Wife and Kids) shares her entertaining, emotional, and sometimes comical journey navigating her son’s Autism diagnosis, offering realistic insight and personal stories of the challenges and triumphs that come with raising a child on the spectrum.
Kindle
Paperback
September 15, 2026
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Flush Forward!: A Friendly Toileting Guide for Parents Supporting Disabled and Neurodivergent Young People
"If you are caring for a child or young person who needs extra support with toileting, this book has the advice and guidance you need. Toileting differences and withholding are common in young people, but parents and carers of neurodivergent or disabled children often find that the standard advice doesn't apply. If you feel out of your depth and aren't sure what to do next, you are not alone."
Kindle
Paperback
21 September 2026
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Different Minds: How We Can Help Our Autistic School Children Thrive
In Different Minds, former teacher and neurodivergence campaigner Pete Wharmby reveals what it’s really like to be autistic in school today, why so many children are misunderstood, and how we can help them.
Kindle
Paperback
September 3, 2026
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
The School is Lava: A Story About Emotionally Based School Avoidance
Liv used to go to school every day, but now, something feels different. She feels like all the things that made her feel safe and happy going to school are beginning to unravel. Going to school now makes her feel sad, anxious and overwhelmed. Everyone seems to think that she should be able to go, but she just can't.
Kindle
Paperback
21 August 2026
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
The Informed Parent: A Decision-Making Guide to Autism Services and Advocacy
From the moment an autistic child gets diagnosed, parents and caregivers must navigate a host of decisions that will affect their child's future. How can you tell if a service is truly helpful? What kind of education plan is best? Where can you find the best advocacy tools? And how can you prepare for the future?
Kindle
Paperback
August 21, 2026
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Feelings That Matter
Feelings That Matter is a heartfelt and honest children's book that gently explores the big emotions kids experience but don't always know how to express.
Kindle
Paperback
June 30, 2026
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Autism & Education: The Way I See It: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know
Dr. Temple Grandin discusses the real issues that parents, teachers, and kids face every day. Here is a concise handbook that illustrates what Temple has found to work in the field of education.
Kindle
Paperback
October 4, 2023
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
SENT: The emails I sent; the silence that followed.
"The Emails I Sent, the Silence That Followed, is part memoir, part guide and part survival companion, exploring Parent Carer Trauma and the hidden emotional toll of fighting for SEND support. You may think you know this story: another exhausted parent fighting for support in a system stretched too thin. But SENT reveals the part that is usually overlooked."
Kindle
Paperback
August 20, 2026
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
The Sensory Child
A Practical Guide to Understanding Autism spectrum Beyond Behaviour | AGPH Books
THE HEALING WAY
The essential paradigm-shifting guide to transform parents of special-needs children in order to move out of survival mode and into whole-hearted acceptance for the life they are living with the child they were meant to have.
Kindle
Paperback
July 9, 2026
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English