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
Neurodiversity Studies: A New Critical Paradigm
Building on work in feminist studies, queer studies and critical race theory, this volume challenges the universality of propositions about human nature, by questioning the boundaries between predominant neurotypes and âothersâ, including dyslexics, autistics and ADHDers. This is the first work of its kind to bring cutting-edge research across disciplines to the concept of neurodiversity. It offers in-depth explorations of the themes of cure/prevention/eugenics; neurodivergent wellbeing; cross-neurotype communication; neurodiversity at work; and challenging brain-bound cognition. It analyses the role of neuro-normativity in theorising agency, and a proposal for a new alliance between the Hearing Voices Movement and neurodiversity. In doing so, we contribute to a cultural imperative to redefine what it means to be human. To this end, we propose a new field of enquiry that finds ways to support the inclusion of neurodivergent perspectives in knowledge production, and which questions the
Hanna Rosqvist, Nick Chown, Anna Stenning
Kindle
Paperback
10 July 2025
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Feeling Fast and Slow: How autistic people feel far too much and far too little, all at the same time
We've all heard these pernicious stereotypes. Being autistic entails living with a lot of prejudice about what we can and can't do. But we are so much more than the world seems to think...
Autism, Sensory and Behavior: Everything You Need to Know (The Way I See It)
Temple Grandin draws on her own experience to deliver an essential guidebook for guiding and nurturing autistic individuals with sensory differences. She gets to the REAL issues of autism in this bookâthe ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Most autistic individuals deal with a variety of sensory differences, and in this book Dr. Grandin sheds light on the best ways for them to to adapt and thrive. In these helpful pages, Dr. Grandin offers doâs and donâts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her insider perspective and extensive research.
Paperback
1 July 2025
Paid for Paperback
English
Language in Autism
Language is a critical yet understudied component of profiles across the autism spectrum. Language in Autism is a novel, interdisciplinary textbook that addresses this gap by consolidatingcutting-edge linguistic research and evidence-based insights into a single volume accessible to students, teachers, and professionals from a wide variety of disciplines.
Jeannette Schaeffer, Rama Novogrodsky, Alexandra Perovic, Philippe Prévost, Laurice Tuller
Paperback
June 30, 2025
Paid for Paperback
English
Working While Autistic: Thrive In a Career You Love (Adulting while Autistic)
In Working While Autistic, Wendela Whitcomb Marsh delves into the challenges and triumphs autistic individuals face in the workplace. From acing the initial interview to navigating workplace politics, this is the handbook you need to get your career in gear. Employment can be a major challenge for autistic adults, and many are unemployed or underemployed. They may be highly skilled, motivated, and eager to work, but finding and keeping a job seems out of reach. Why is it so difficult?
Paperback
3 June 2025
Paid for Paperback
English
You, Me, and Autism: How to Support, Befriend, and Work with Autistic People
In You, Me, and Autism, autistic scholar Phoebe Jordan elegantly combines her personal experiences and academic research to create a unique and wonderful book. Jordan reveals her capacity to help allistic (neurotypical) people deeply understand the d
Paperback
1 June 2025
Paid for Paperback
English
Autism Spectrum For Dummies
Autism affects more than 75 million people worldwide. Autism Spectrum For Dummies explores this neurodevelopmental condition and the various levels of support needs for autistic diagnoses. Great for adults with autism and caregivers of children on the spectrum, this book is your guide to the symptoms of autism, current diagnostic criteria, treatment and medication options, and how to find support in your community. This new edition also includes information for adults with autism entering higher education and the workforce, highlighting the importance of inclusivity and helping you advocate for your needs.
This Moth Saw Brightness
âWayne Leâknown as "Invisible-D 'Wayne" at schoolâhas been invited to participate in a seemingly ordinary, innocuous adolescent health study by a prestigious university. The study has a few nice perks, but most important to âWayne, is the opportunity to give his immigrant father an accomplishment to be proud ofâsomething that's been in short supply since 'Wayne's mother left.
Strange Sayings and Confusing Conversations: Short stories for autistic kids about the weird things people say
Why do people sometimes say the opposite of what they mean? Why do they pretend to like terrible gifts? And...perhaps the oddest thing of all, why use a weird phrase to describe something instead of basic words? I'm pretty sure I'd rather be in trouble than 'in hot soup', as they say!
The Girl in the Wall
After a hard school year, V has been sent to her Grandma Jojo's house for the summer in order to get away from it all. But unlike neurodivergent, artistic, sock-collecting V, Jojo is uptight, critical, and obsessed with her spotless house. She doesn't get V at all. V is sure she's doomed to have the worst summer ever.
