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  • Different, Not Less: A neurodivergent's guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after By Chloé Hayden.
    “Listen to yourself, listen to your mind, listen to your body. What do you need? What do you need to stay away from? You’re the expert on yourself, and it’s important to surround yourself with things that will benefit you.” https://www.chloehayden.com.au/shop/p/different-not-less-book
  • May Tomorrow Be Awake: On Poetry, Autism, and Our Neurodiverse Future by Chris Martin. (2022)
    “Chris Martin, an award-winning poet and celebrated educator, works with non-verbal children and adults on the spectrum, teaching them to writepoetry. Martin introduces the techniques he uses in the classroom and celebrates an inspiring group of young autistic thinkers—Mark, Christophe, Zach, and Wallace—and their electric verse, which is as artistically dazzling as it is stereotype-shattering." https://www.chrismartinpoet.com/work/maytomorrowbeawake
  • What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum by Annie Kotowicz. “I hope this book will give insight and encouragement to every person who wants to understand autism better. It’s an analysis of my autistic thinking, a guide to autistic thriving, and a celebration of autistic brains.” https://neurobeautiful.com/book/
  • Beyond Disability Awareness: An Educator’s Guide by Diana Pastora Carson, educator, speaker, podcaster, inclusionist. Covers many Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) topics, including “What We've Always Done and Why it Doesn't Work” and “What Exactly Should We Talk About (ableism; access; assistive technology; disability history & disability rights; disability justice; diversity, equity, and inclusion; multiply marginalized individuals; respectful language; words and phrases to avoid) https://www.dianapastoracarson.com/general-9 

  • Picture Book: A Day with No Words by Tiffany Hammond, an autistic mother of two autistic sons and the creator behind the popular @Fidgets.and.Fries social media platform and illustrated by Kate Cosgrove. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/A-Day-With-No-Words/TiffanyHammond/9781736949795 
  • I Will Die On This Hill: Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World. Authors: Meghan Ashburn and Jules Edwards; Illustrator: Nathan McConnell; Foreword by Morénike Giwa Onaiwu. Autistic advocate and parent Jules Edwards runs the page, Autistic, Typing. Allistic ally and parent Meghan Ashburn runs the page, Not An Autism Mom. (Release date: Jan. 19, 2023) https://www.amazon.com/Will-Die-This-Hill-Autistic/dp/1839971681
  • Herb Lovett – Learning to Listen:  Positive Approaches and People with Difficult Behavior. The #ActuallyAutistic Guide to Advocacy: Step-by-Step Advice on How to Ally and Speak Up with Autistic People and the Autism Community by Jenna Gensic, Ph.D., and Jennifer Brunton. Jessica Kingsley Press, 2022. “…an in-depth look at the key elements of effective, respectful, inclusive advocacy and allyship. Every topic was chosen, shaped, and informed by over 100 #ActuallyAutistic perspectives.” https://www.amazon.com/actuallyautistic-Guide-Advocacy-Step-step/dp/1787759733/ 
  • Life After Lockdown: Resetting Perceptions of Autism. Collaboration by over 40 authors, including autistic professionals and individuals on Becoming Social Again, Back to School, Adults in Transition, Into the Community, Reboot. AAPC Publishing, September 22, 2021 https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Life-After-Lockdown-Resetting-Perceptions 
  • The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family by autistic author Sarah Kapit - about a family with two adolescent autistic sisters, one of whom uses a tablet to communicate https://tinyurl.com/4f8txp4h 
  • The Secret Life of Rose: Inside An Autistic Head by Rose Smitten and Jodie Smitten https://tinyurl.com/vc554mdy 

  • Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew about Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity by Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network. Edited by Emily Paige Ballou, Sharon daVanport and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu.  Updated and expanded re-publication featuring new chapters by Lydia X.Z. Brown, Amethyst Schaber, Kayla Rodriguez, Mallory Cruz, Kayla Smith, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, and Victoria M. Rodríguez-Roldán https://tinyurl.com/mt56r735 
  • Start Here: A Guide for Parents of Autistic Kids - a booklet created by Autistic Self Advocacy Network, the Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, the Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism, and Little Lobbyists. https://tinyurl.com/xz8wkm2z 
  • Stim: An Autism Anthology by Lizzie HuxleyJones (April 2020). A collection of stories, essays and art from autistic authors and artists. https://unbound.com/books/stim/ 
  • Fall Down 7 Times, Get Up 8: A Young Man’s Voice from the Silence of Autism by Naoki Higashida, Random House, 2017 Just Because I Can’t Talk Doesn’t Mean I Don’t Have Anything to Say by Holly Forlenza www.HollySpeaksUp.com 
  • What Every Autistic Girl Wishes Her Parents Knew, edited by Emily Paige Ballou, Kristina Thomas, and Sharon daVanport, (2017), is a project of Autism Women’s Network (2016) “Presuming competence is critical… I will grow in beautiful ways…” Features writing by 21 autistic contributors. https://autisticgirls.com/
  • Paul and His Beast is a novel for middle graders by autistic author and poet Sarah Stup. (2015) “Sixth-grader Paul Stephens, desperate to stay in a normal school, must tame his ‘Beast’— the bizarre autistic behaviors that make other students recoil and mock.” More information and free lesson plans and activities based on the book are available here: http://www.sarahstup.com/index.htm