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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 11 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book The Autists: Women on the Spectrum by Clara Tornvall
    The Autists: Women on the Spectrum - by Clara Tornvall

    £12.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781914484810 | ISBN 10: 1914484819

    ‘Törnvall has written an important, illuminating first book, one that deserves to sit alongside the best insider accounts of autism … [The Autists] should be required reading for all parents, partners, friends and colleagues of anyone on the aut ... more

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  • Cover image of book Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty
    Diary of a Young Naturalist - by Dara McAnulty

    £10.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781529109603 | ISBN 10: 1529109604

    Diary of a Young Naturalist chronicles the turning of 15-year-old Dara McAnulty's world. From spring and through a year in his home patch in Northern Ireland, Dara spent the seasons writing. These vivid, evocative and moving diary entries about his c ... more

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  • Cover image of book Funny, You Don
    Funny, You Don't Look Autistic: A Comedian's Guide to Life on the Spectrum - by Michael McCreary

    £9.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781773212579 | ISBN 10: 1773212575

    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 ju ... more

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  • Cover image of book In a Different Key: The Story of Autism by John Donvan and Caren Zucker
    In a Different Key: The Story of Autism - by John Donvan and Caren Zucker

    £12.99   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9780241958179 | ISBN 10: 0241958172

    *Pulitzer finalist 2017*  The stunning history of autism as it has been discovered and felt by parents, children and doctors.  Nearly seventy-five years ago, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi became the first child diagnosed with ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Autism Puzzle: Connecting the Dots Between Enviromental Toxins and Rising Autism Rates by Brita Belli
    The Autism Puzzle: Connecting the Dots Between Enviromental Toxins and Rising Autism Rates - by Brita Belli

    £9.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781609804602 | ISBN 10: 1609804600

    Paperback edition features a foreword by Caroline Cox, Research Director from the Center for Environmental Health, and a new preface updating the first edition.  With 1 in 88 American children now affected by autism, The Autism Puzzle is the fi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Neurodiversity by Thomas Armstrong
    Neurodiversity - by Thomas Armstrong

    £10.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9780738215242 | ISBN 10: 0738215244

    ADHD. dyslexia. autism. the number of illness categories listed by the American Psychiatric Association has tripled in the last fifty years. With so many people affected, it is time to revisit our perceptions on this "culture of disabilities."   ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Myth of Autism: Medicalising Men
    The Myth of Autism: Medicalising Men's and Boys' Social and Emotional Competence - by Sami Timimi, Neil Gardner and Mr Brian McCabe

    £34.99   paperback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780230545267 | ISBN 10: 0230545262

    In this groundbreaking book, the authors dispute the concept of autism and explore the cultural and political reasons why the number of those diagnosed with it has increased over the years.   This is a must-read for students studying autism a ... more

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  • Cover image of book Not Stupid: One Mother
    Not Stupid: One Mother's Fight to Give Her Autistic Children the Quality of Life They Deserve - by Anna Kennedy

    £7.99   paperback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9781844547845 | ISBN 10: 1844547841

    When Anna and Sean Kennedy discovered that one of their sons had asperger's syndrome and that their other son was autistic, they were truly devastated, but their family's troubles were just the beginning. Turned away by no fewer than 26 special needs ... more

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  • Cover image of book Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
    Born on a Blue Day - by Daniel Tammet

    £9.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780340899755 | ISBN 10: 0340899751

    'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing.'  Like the character Hoffman portrayed, he can ... more

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  • Cover image of book Autism Heroes: Portraits of Families Meeting the Challenge by Barbara Firestone and Joe Buissink
    Autism Heroes: Portraits of Families Meeting the Challenge - by Barbara Firestone and Joe Buissink

    £29.99   hardback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9781843108375 | ISBN 10: 1843108372

    Intimate, bold, and inspiring, Dr. Barbara Firestone's Autism Heroes provides a compelling and sensitive account of the experiences of 38 families from different walks of life confronting the challenges of autism spectrum disorders with courage, ten ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Boy Who Loved Windows by Patricia Stacey
    The Boy Who Loved Windows - by Patricia Stacey

    £10.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780470869796 | ISBN 10: 0470869798

    In 1997, writer Patricia Stacey and her husband, Cliff, learned that their six-month-old son, Walker, might never walk or talk, or even see or hear. Unwilling to accept this grim prognosis, they embarked on a five-year odyssey that took them into alt ... more

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