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 Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention
Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for seventy thousand years, from the first tools to the digital revolution. How? Because the same genes that cause autism enable the pattern seeking that is essential to our species's inventiveness. However, these abilities exact a great cost on autistic people, including social and often medical challenges, so Baron-Cohen calls on us to support and celebrate autistic people in both their disabilities and their triumphs. Ultimately, The Pattern Seekers isn't just a new theory of human civilization, but a call to consider anew how society treats those who think differently.
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November 10, 2020
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Too Sticky!: Sensory Issues with Autism
Holly loves doing experiments and learning new things in science class! But when she finds out the next experience is making slime, she's worried. Slime is made with glue, and glue is sticky. Holly has sensory issues because of her autism and doesn't like anything sticky! With help from family and her teacher, Holly receives the accommodations and encouragement she needs to give slime a try.
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April 1, 2020
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The Autism-Friendly Guide to Periods
Written by autistic author Robyn Steward, this is a detailed guide for young people aged 9 to 16 on the basics of menstruation. Created in consultation with young people, an online survey and a group of medical professionals, this is a book that teaches all people about periods, which can be a scary and overwhelming issue. Promoting the fact that everyone either has periods or knows someone who does, the book reduces the anxiety girls face in asking for help. It offers direct advice on what periods look and feel like and how to manage hygiene and pain. It also breaks up information using flaps and step-by-step photos of how to change pads and tampons, it discusses alternatives to tampons and pads, and gives information about possible sensory issues for people with autism.
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April 18, 2019
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Your Interests, My Interests: A Visual Guide to Playing and Hanging Out for Children on the Autism Spectrum
When you're all by yourself, you can (nearly) do anything you want, but when you're playing with other people, they might want to do something different. The more you know what they like, the more fun can be had playing! Children on the autism spectrum can find playing with other children difficult and they may be highly focused in their interests. This colourful and interactive visual guide will help these children learn how to establish common interests with friends and classmates, or family members at home, and use this knowledge to improve their play.
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February 21, 2020
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Not weird, just limited edition: Inside the autistic mind
Have you ever wondered what it is like to be inside the mind of someone on the autistic spectrum?Ever wondered how it feels to be in a different world, yet on the same planet?Not weird, just limited edition, is a beautiful gathering of thoughts, experiences and advice written for you by Faye Flint. A woman, lately diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome.This book has been written simply, to make it an easy read for those interested in the autistic spectrum.
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16 Feb. 2020
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Drawing a Blank: Improving Comprehension for Readers on the Autism Spectrum
Students with autism should not have struggle with reading comprehension! Many individuals with autism spectrum disorder may be fluent word callers; indeed, many have advanced ability to recognize words. However, many people with autism spectrum disorder need support when it comes to reading comprehension. Comprehension difficulties in readers with ASD can be subtle and difficult to tease out. As a result, their substantial level of risk for reading comprehension problems is often overlooked or unaddressed, and many students struggle in silence.
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January 31, 2011
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Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy: An Ethical and Clinical Guide
Touch in Child Counseling and Play Therapy explores the professional and legal boundaries around physical contact in therapy and offers best-practice guidelines from a variety of perspectives. Chapters address issues around appropriate and sensitive therapist-initiated touch, therapeutic approaches that use touch as an intervention in child treatment, and both positive and challenging forms of touch that are initiated by children. In these pages, professionals and students alike will find valuable information on ways to address potential ethical dilemmas, including defining boundaries, working with parents and guardians, documentation, consent forms, cultural considerations, countertransference, and much more.
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February 24, 2017
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Infant Play Therapy: Foundations, Models, Programs, and Practice
Infant Play Therapy is a groundbreaking resource for practitioners interested in the varied play therapy theories, models, and programs available for the unique developmental needs of infants and children under the age of three. The impressive list of expert contributors in the fields of play therapy and infant mental health cover a wide range of early intervention play-based models and topics. Chapters explore areas including: neurobiology, developmental trauma, parent-infant attachment relationships, neurosensory play, affective touch, grief and loss, perinatal depression, adoption, autism, domestic violence, sociocultural factors, and more. Chapter case studies highlight leading approaches and offer techniques to provide a comprehensive understanding of both play therapy and the ways we understand and recognize the therapeutic role of play with infants
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Mar 31, 2020
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Play-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Play-Based Interventions for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders explores the most recognized, researched, and practical methods for using play therapy with the increasing number of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs), and shows clincians how to integrate these methods into their practices. Using a diverse array of play-based approaches, the book brings together the voices of researchers and practicing clinicians who are successfully utilizing play and play-based interventions with children and adolescents on the autism spectrum. It also examines the neurobiological underpinnings of play in children on the autism spectrum and the overall effect of play on neuro-typical and neuro-atypical development.
Loretta Gallo-Lopez, Lawrence C. Rubin
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April 27, 2012
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Not All Frogs Are Green (Adventures of Neo)
Not All Frogs Are Green is the adventurous tale of friendship, bravery, and self-discovery of an autistic boy. A green, slimy, and beady-eyed monster has entered Neo's house and is hopping about. How did it get there? What will it do? How will Neo and his family escape the monster and get it out of the house for good? Join Neo as he faces his most challenging adventure yet in Not All Frogs Are Green. Discover how Neo will save the day and learn courage for himself and in helping others.
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1 Dec 2017
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