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
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
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 Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum
The Kiss Quotient (The Kiss Quotient, #1)
The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1)
Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
Strong Female Character
Born on a Blue Day
Rules
Aspergirls
We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation
The Kiss Quotient by Helen  HoangOn the Edge of Gone by Corinne DuyvisA Kind of Spark by Elle McNicollUnmasking Autism by Devon  PriceQueens of Geek by Jen  Wilde
Books by Actually Autistic Authors
486 books — 277 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

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MG/YA/NA #ownvoices
485 books — 441 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
409 books — 175 voters


Naoki Higashida
Q25 What's the reason you jump? When I'm jumping it's as if my feelings are going upward to the sky. Really, my urge to be swallowed up by the sky is enough to make my heart quiver. When I'm jumping, I can feel my body parts really well, too--my bounding legs and my clapping hands--and that makes me feel so, so good. ...more
Naoki Higashida, The Reason I Jump: the Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

Helen  Hoang
She didn’t know how to be semi-interested in something. She was either indifferent . . . or obsessed.
Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

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