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
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Autism in Fiction
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A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicollAct Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia HibbertThe Kiss Quotient by Helen  HoangSomething More by Jackie KhaliliehOn the Edge of Gone by Corinne Duyvis
Autism Own Voices Fiction
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Beyond the Austic Plateau - A Parent's Story and Practical He... by Stephen PitmanThere's More Than One Way Home by Donna LevinThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Autistic Brain by Temple GrandinAutism - What Do You Need To Know? A Parent's Guide To Autism... by Raymond le Blanc
Best Books for Autism
162 books — 136 voters


Temple Grandin
I don’t want my thoughts to die with me, I want to have done something. I’m not interested in power, or piles of money. I want to leave something behind. I want to make a positive contribution - know that my life has meaning.
Temple Grandin

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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