Autistic Spectrum Disorder

Autism (or Autistic) Spectrum Disorder - ASD - is a developmental disorder that affects communication and behavior. Although autism can be diagnosed at any age, it is said to be a “developmental disorder” because symptoms generally appear in the first two years of life.

Autism is known as a “spectrum” disorder because there is wide variation in the type and severity of symptoms people experience and display dependant on circumstances. ASD occurs in all ethnic, racial, and economic groups. Although ASD can be a lifelong disorder, treatments and services can improve a person’s symptoms and abilit
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
Thinking In Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism
Look Me in the Eye
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
Strong Female Character
Born on a Blue Day
Rules
Aspergirls
House Rules
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionThe Fog Within by Nick ShamhartHouse Rules by Jodi PicoultLove Anthony by Lisa Genova
Autism in Fiction
455 books — 507 voters
The Kiss Quotient by Helen  HoangFailure to Communicate by Kaia SønderbyOtherbound by Corinne DuyvisOn the Edge of Gone by Corinne DuyvisQueens of Geek by Jen  Wilde
Ownvoices OR Autistic Authored Fiction
130 books — 55 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonWonder by R.J. PalacioOut of My Mind by Sharon M. DraperHating Jesse Harmon by Robin MimnaPuddle Jumping by Amber L.  Johnson
Disability-positive stories
497 books — 323 voters
ALS Saved My Life ... until it didn't by Jenni Kleinman BerebitskyHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldEl Deafo by Cece Bell
Books Written by Disabled Authors
408 books — 168 voters

The Kiss Quotient by Helen  HoangThe Bride Test by Helen  HoangThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Task 13 #ReadHarder 2019
235 books — 64 voters


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