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Publisher
Annick Press
Language
English
Description
"Like many others on the autism spectrum, 20-something stand-up comic Michael McCreary has been told by more than a few well-meaning folks that he doesn't "look" autistic. But, as he's quick to point out in this memoir, autism "looks" different for just about everyone with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Diagnosed with ASD at age five, McCreary got hit with the performance bug not much later. During a difficult time in junior high, he started journaling,...
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Written by a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, this memoir demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Parents and family members who never thought they...
3) God's ears
Publisher
Monarch Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A mildly autistic man and a dancer form a friendship that helps them better understand the world that appears to have left them both behind. After crossing paths seemingly by chance, Noah and Alexia take a journey that forces them both out of their comfort zones and challenges their perceptions of love.
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book explores what it feels like to be a young person on the autism spectrum and looks at all the brilliant things people on the autism spectrum can do.Full of insights about being awesome and autistic, this book celebrates the strengths of understanding the world in a different way. It looks at all the reasons being you and thinking differently can be totally awesome! It also has tips for managing tricky situations such as meltdowns, sensory...
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Series
Language
English
Description
College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran -- and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been...
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Series
Publisher
Future Horizons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"If anyone suggests that autistic people should not have children, in the mistaken belief that they would not be good parents because of their neurodiversity, they are wrong. Completely wrong. This is not to say that every autistic person should have a child, any more than every neuro-majority person should. People usually know for themselves whether or not they want to become parents, and if they don't, they shouldn't. It's as simple as that. Of...
Author
Publisher
Forest Avenue Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"As a neurodivergent child in a hundred-year-old house, Zaji Cox collects grammar books, second-hand toys, and sightings of feral cats. She dances and cartwheels through self-discovery and doubt, guided by her big sister and their devoted single mother. Through short essays that evoke the abundant imagination of childhood, Plums for Months explores the challenges of growing up mixed race and low-income on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon"--
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"There is a significant divide between autistic advocates and parents of autistic children. Parents may feel attacked for their lack of understanding, and autistic adults who offer insight and guidance are also met with hostility and rejection. Meghan Ashburn, a mother of two autistic boys, and Jules Edwards, an autistic parent, were no strangers to this tension and had an adversarial relationship when they first met. Over time, the two resolved their...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It's also my love letter to autistic people. For too long, we have been forced to navigate a world where all the road signs are written in another language."--
Garcia began writing about autism because he was frustrated by the media's coverage of the myths that the disorder is caused by vaccines, the narrow...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Language
English
Description
The author -- an animal scientist who has designed one-third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States -- describes her life with autism and how she has used her strong visual sensibility to cope with it. Writing from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person, Grandin tells us how that country is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed to breach its boundaries to function in the outside world. What...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A remarkable and unforgettable memoir from the first man with autism to attend Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship, revealing what life is really like inside a world constructed for neurotypical minds while celebrating the many gifts of being different"--
As a child, Fleming was wracked by uncontrollable tantrums, had no tolerance for people, and couldn't manage the outside world. Slightly more than a decade later, he was bound for England, selected...
14) You're dead
Author
Publisher
Permanent Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An organizational psychologist must discover who murdered his boss to clear his own name.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The author of the bestselling phenomenon The Reason I Jump returns with a unique memoir about life as a young adult with severe autism. With an introduction by David Mitchell, who translated this book with his wife, KA Yoshida, this extraordinary new work explores education, identity, family, society, and personal growth, opening a window into the mind of its nonverbal author and providing remarkable insights into autism in general"--
"Naoki Higashida...
17) Vienna
Author
Publisher
Forge, A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"It started as nothing more than a one-night stand. Justine is an A-list fashion model on a photo shoot in Europe. Adored by half the world, she can have whomever she wants, but she's never met anyone like the strange English girl whose bed she wakes up in one morning. Vienna is an autistic savant, adrift in a world of overwhelming patterns and connections only she can see. Socially awkward and inexperienced, she's never been with anyone before, let...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Sunday Forrester lives with her sixteen-year-old daughter, Dolly, in the house she grew up in. She does things more carefully than most people. On quiet days, she must eat only white foods. Her etiquette handbook guides her through confusing social situations, and to escape, she turns to her treasury of Sicilian folklore. The one thing very much out of her control is clever headstrong Dolly, now on the cusp of leaving home"--
19) Citizen autistic
Publisher
Cinema Libre Studio
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Director William Davenport offers an inside look at the activists on the frontlines of the autism war: the fight for human rights and self-advocacy. He details the mounting battle between the neurodiversity movement and the 'cure mentality' of fundraising juggernaut Autism Speaks.
20) The night clerk
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The hotel night clerk, Bart Bromley is a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum. When a woman is murdered during his shift, Bart becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigation closes in, Bart makes a personal connection with a beautiful guest named Andrea, but soon realizes he must stop the real murderer before she becomes the next victim.
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