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Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity by Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network	This anthology tackles the everyday joys and challenges of growing up while honestly addressing the emotional needs, sensitivity, and vibrancy of autistic kids, youth, and young adults.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention by Simon Baron-Cohen	A groundbreaking argument about the link between autism and human ingenuity throughout history.		Amazon Bookshop
The End of Average: Unlocking Our Potential by Embracing What Makes Us Different by Todd Rose	While we know people learn and develop in distinctive ways, these unique patterns of behaviors are lost in our schools and businesses which have been designed around the mythical “average person.” This model ignores our differences and fails at recognizing talent. It’s time to change it.		Amazon Bookshop
Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome by Rudy Simone	Rudy Simone guides you through every aspect of both personal and professional life, from early recollections of blame, guilt, and savant skills, to friendships, romance and marriage.		Amazon Bookshop
Shake It Up!: How to Be Young, Autistic, and Make an Impact by Quincy Hansen	This inspiring book by autistic blogger Quincy Hansen encourages autistic teens to find their voice and make a difference in the world around them.	AiA, HTP	Amazon Bookshop
Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism by Barry M. Prizant	Dr. Barry M. Prizant suggests the most successful approaches to autism don’t aim at fixing a person by eliminating symptoms, but rather seeking to understand the individual’s experience and what underlies the behavior.		Amazon Bookshop
The Autism FAQ: Everything You Wanted to Know about Diagnosis & Autistic Life by Dr. Faith G. Harper and Joe Biel	Joe Biel and Dr. Faith G. Harper use real talk and accessible language discuss a wide range of topics, including the diagnostic criteria for autism and how they play out in practice, what it means for autism to be a disability, and co-occurring conditions like depression and anxiety.	AiA	Amazon
Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities by Nick Walker	Neuroqueer Heresies collects a decade's worth of Dr. Walker's most influential writings, along with new commentary by the author and new material on her radical conceptualization of Neuroqueer Theory.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga	Based on the theories of renowned psychologist Alfred Adler, this book guides you through the principles of self-forgiveness, self-care, and mind decluttering in a straightforward, easy-to-digest style that’s accessible to all.		Amazon Bookshop

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Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity by Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network

This anthology tackles the everyday joys and challenges of growing up while honestly addressing the emotional needs, sensitivity, and vibrancy of autistic kids, youth, and young adults.

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The Wisdom of Anxiety: How Worry and Intrusive Thoughts Are Gifts to Help You Heal by Sheryl Paul MA	Counselor Sheryl Paul examines the deeper meaning of the racing thoughts, sweaty palms, and insomnia that accompany the uncertain moments of our lives.	Amazon Bookshop
Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair by Miriam Greenspan	Greenspan teaches the art of emotional alchemy by which grief turns to gratitude, fear opens the door to joy, and despair becomes the ground of a more resilient faith in life.	Amazon Bookshop
Peace Is Every Breath by Thich Nhat Hanh	Thich Nhat Hanh’s Peace Is Every Breath opens a pathway to greater spiritual fulfillment through its patient examination of how we live our lives.	Amazon Bookshop
Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Adults by Dr Luke Beardon	This practical book gives clear strategies that the autistic person can adopt to minimise their anxiety and live comfortably in a world full of what may seem to be noise and chaos.	Amazon Bookshop
Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Children: A Guide for Autistic Wellbeing by Dr Luke Beardon	This book makes clear, autism should be celebrated and affirmed and helps you do that with practical strategies that will help happiness, not anxiety, remain the over-riding emotion that colours your child's memories of their early years.	Amazon Bookshop
The Open-Focus Brain: Harnessing the Power of Attention to Heal Mind and Body by Les Fehmi and Jim Robbins	This highly readable and empowering book offers straightforward explanations and simple exercises on how to shift into a more calm, open style of attention that reduces stress, improves health, and enhances performance.	Amazon Bookshop

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The Electricity of Every Living Thing: A Woman’s Walk in the Wild to Find Her Way Home by Katherine May	As Katherine May walks the 630-mile South West Coast Path, she comes to terms with her autism diagnosis leading her to re-evaluate her life so far -- with a much kinder, more forgiving eye.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida	Naoki Higashida is a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with severe autism. He describes how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few can imagine.	AiA, HTP	Amazon Bookshop
Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum by Jennifer Cook O'Toole	At the age of thirty-five, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and for the first time in her life, things made sense. Now, Jennifer exposes the constant struggle between carefully crafted persona and authentic existence with wit, candor, passion, and power.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism by Dawn Prince-Hughes Ph.D.	Having suffered from a lifelong inability to relate to people in a meaningful way, Dawn was surprised to find herself irresistibly drawn to these great primates. By observing and working with them, she was finally able to connect to living beings in a way she had never previously experienced.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism's Silent Prison by Ido Kedar	Ido opens a window into non-verbal autism through dozens of short, autobiographical essays each offering new insights into autism symptoms, effective and ineffective treatments and the inner emotional life of a severely autistic boy.	AiA, HTP	Amazon Bookshop
Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us About Life, Love and Relationships by Dr Camilla Pang	Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at the age of eight, Dr Camilla Pang struggled to understand the world around her. Desperate for a solution, Camilla asked her mother if there was an instruction manual for humans that she could consult. But, without the blueprint to life she was hoping for, Camilla began to create her own.	AiA, HTP	Amazon
I Am Intelligent: From Heartbreak to Healing--A Mother and Daughter's Journey Through Autism by Peyton Goddard, Dianne Goddard and Carol Cujec	A gripping look into the lives of a mother obsessed with curing her child of autism and a daughter who retains full awareness of her situation.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
Nobody Nowhere: The Remarkable Autobiography of an Autistic Girl by Donna Williams	Donna Williams was a child with more labels than a jam-jar: deaf, wild disturbed, stupid insane... After twenty-five years of being misunderstood, and unable to understand herself, Donna stumbled upon the word 'autism': a label which made sense of her life and struggles, and gave her a chance to finally forgive both herself and those around her.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet	Daniel Tammet sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and can perform extraordinary calculations in his head, learn to speak new languages fluently in a week, and recited more than 22,000 digits of pi, setting a record. He has savant syndrome, and describes what is happening in his head.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's by John Elder Robison	Ever since he was young, John Robison longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits had earned him the label "social deviant." It was not until he was forty that he was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. That understanding transformed the way he saw himself--and the world.	AiA, HTP	Amazon Bookshop

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The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self by Martha Beck	Martha Beck presents a four-stage process that anyone can use to find integrity, a sense of purpose, emotional healing, and a life free of mental suffering. Much of what plagues us—people pleasing, staying in stale relationships, negative habits—all point to what happens when we are out of touch with what truly makes us feel whole.	HTP	Amazon Bookshop
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner	Part travel memoir, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the reader across the globe to investigate not what happiness is, but WHERE it is.		Amazon Bookshop
Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter by Dan Ariely and Jeff Kreisler	Behavioral economist Dan Ariely teams up with financial comedian and writer Jeff Kreisler to reveal the rationale and emotions behind our most head-scratching financial choices and offer clear guidance for navigating the treacherous financial landscape of the brain.		Amazon Bookshop
Move Your DNA: Restore Your Health Through Natural Movement, 2nd Edition by Katy Bowman	Katy Bowman has shaken up the health and wellness world, spreading the message that this culture’s sedentarism has become pervasive, and exercise is no longer a viable solution: movement is.	HTP	Amazon Bookshop
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz	Don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.		Amazon Bookshop
The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are by Brené Brown	A motivational and inspiring guide to wholehearted living, ok, with this groundbreaking work Brené Brown, Ph.D., explores the psychology of releasing our definitions of an "imperfect" life and embracing living authentically.		Amazon Bookshop
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer	Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings--asters and goldenrod, strawberries and squash, salamanders, algae, and sweetgrass--offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.		Amazon Bookshop
The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance: What Women Should Know by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman	Journalists Katty Kay and Claire Shipman travel to the frontiers of neuroscience, visit the world's leading psychologists, and interview women leaders from the worlds of politics, sports, the military, and the arts to learn the secrets of confidence.		Amazon Bookshop
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning by Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III and Mark A. McDaniel	Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of new skills create the illusion of mastery, but gains fade quickly. Drawing on recent discoveries in cognitive psychology and other disciplines, the authors offer concrete techniques for becoming more productive learners.		Amazon Bookshop
Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World by Brooke McAlary	After being diagnosed with post-natal depression, Brooke McAlary put the brakes on her stressful path and reorganized her life to emphasize depth, connection, and meaningful experiences. Brooke shares her story alongside practical advice for simplifying in ways that work for your life.		Amazon Bookshop
Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success by Shawn Stevenson	Learn how to create the ideal sleep sanctuary, how to hack sunlight to regulate your circadian rhythms, which clinically proven sleep nutrients and supplements you need, and stress-reduction exercises and fitness tips to keep you mentally and physically sharp.		Amazon Bookshop
Asperger's on the Job by Rudy Simone	There is more to a job than what the tasks are: from social blunders, to sensory issues, to bullying by coworkers, Simone presents solutions to difficult challenges based on her personal experiences and those of over fifty other adults with Asperger's.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
Activate Your Vagus Nerve: Unleash Your Body's Natural Ability to Heal by Dr. Navaz Habib	This helpful guide provides all the tools you need to understand and heal your vagus nerve, the rest, digest and recovery system. You’ll learn simple yet powerful techniques to address a variety of ailments health challenges, like inflammation, gut sensitivity and brain fog, from their root causes originating with the vagus nerve.		Amazon
Finding Your Own North Star by Martha Beck	Martha Beck shares her step-by-step program that will guide you to fulfill your own potential.		Amazon Bookshop
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert	Elizabeth Gilbert digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity, and encourages us to uncover the "strange jewels" that are hidden within each of us.		Amazon Bookshop
The Four Day Win: End Your Diet War and Achieve Thinner Peace by Martha Beck	Not a conventional diet or exercise program, Martha Beck combines evolutionary logic, psychology, neuroplasticity, and humor, to teach the principles required to reverse weight issues.		Amazon Bookshop
From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want by Rob Hopkins	In this passionate exploration, Hopkins asks why imagination is in decline, and what we must do to revive and reclaim it.		Amazon Bookshop
Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock Potential in Yourself and Your Organization by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey	This persuasive and practical book, filled with hands-on diagnostics and compelling case studies, delivers the tools you need to overcome the forces of inertia and transform your life and your work.		Amazon Bookshop
Shake It Up!: How to Be Young, Autistic, and Make an Impact by Quincy Hansen	This inspiring book by autistic blogger Quincy Hansen encourages autistic teens to find their voice and make a difference in the world around them.	AiA, HTP	Amazon Bookshop
Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life by Jill Bolte Taylor	Dr. Taylor shows us how to get acquainted with our own Four Characters of our brains, observe how they show up in our daily life, and learn to identify and relate to them in others as well.		Amazon Bookshop
Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World by David J. Epstein	Provocative, rigorous, and engrossing, Range makes a compelling case for actively cultivating inefficiency.		Amazon Bookshop
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer	Within the pages of this book, you’ll find a fascinating roadmap to staying emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world.		Amazon Bookshop
Autism Relationships Handbook: How to Thrive in Friendships, Dating, and Love by Dr. Faith G. Harper and Joe Biel	Dr. Faith G. Harper, author of Unfck Your Brain and Unfck Your Intimacy, joins autistic publisher and author Joe Biel to offer hard-won guidance on a wide range of topics about friendships, dating, and romance and answer a ton of questions.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal Setting By Tara McMullin	In this book, you’ll explore what’s driving your pursuit of “more” (more money, more things, more prestige, etc.), set commitments to help orient your growth, and organize your actions as part of a holistic learning process.		Amazon Bookshop
The Lion Tracker's Guide To Life by Boyd Varty	Somewhere deep inside, you know what your gift, purpose, and mission are. Boyd Varty, a lion tracker and life coach, reveals how the wisdom from the ancient art of tracking can teach you how to recognize these essential ingredients in a meaningful life.		Amazon Bookshop
The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy by Steph Jones	In this candid, witty and insightful exploration into therapy, Steph Jones uses her professional and lived experiences as a late diagnosed autistic woman and therapist, as well as consulting therapists from across the world and tapping into the autistic community, to create the ultimate autistic survival guide to therapy.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life by Martha Beck	Discover a menu of ten behaviors you can add to your way of living and thinking to enhance every day’s journey through the unpredictable terrain of your existence. Add these behaviors gradually and watch your life become steadily more vivid and satisfying.		Amazon
How to Change Your Entire Life By Doing Absolutely Nothing: 10 Do-Nothing Relaxation Exercises to Calm You Down Quickly So You Can Speed Forward Faster by Karen Salmansohn	How to Change Your Entire Life by Doing Absolutely Nothing clearly, concisely (and even humorously) explains the principle of doing nothing in a mindful way.		Amazon
The Mountain Is You: Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery by Brianna Wiest	This is a book about self-sabotage. Why we do it, when we do it, and how to stop doing it—for good.		Amazon Bookshop
I Hope I Screw This Up: How Falling In Love with Your Fears Can Change the World by Kyle Cease	Using self-deprecating personal stories, hilarious observations on life, and poorly drawn illustrations, Kyle unravels the deepest issues standing between us and emotional freedom.		Amazon Bookshop
Do One Thing Different: Ten Simple Ways to Change Your Life by Bill O'Hanlon	In Do One Thing Different, Bill O'Hanlon will arm you with his ten easy Solution Keys so that you can move quickly from "stuck" to "smooth sailing" in all aspects of your life.		Amazon Bookshop
Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness by Jamil Zaki	We don’t have to remain stuck in this cynicism trap. Through science and storytelling, Jamil Zaki imparts the secret for beating back cynicism: hopeful skepticism--thinking critically about people and our problems, while honoring and encouraging our strengths.		Amazon Bookshop

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Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A'S, Praise, and Other Bribes by Alfie Kohn	Drawing from hundreds of studies, Kohn demonstrates that we actually do inferior work when we are enticed with money, grades, or other incentives—and are apt to lose interest in whatever we were bribed to do.	HTP	Amazon Bookshop
Profit Without Oppression by Kim Crayton	This book charts an inclusionary strategic path forward that seeks to develop an economic ethos and series of business models that are supremacy-, coercion-, discrimination-, and exploitation-free.		Amazon Bookshop
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey	Tricia Hersey casts an illuminating light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted. Our worth does not reside in how much we produce, especially not for a system that exploits and dehumanizes us.		Amazon Bookshop
What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal Setting by Tara McMullin	In the book, you'll explore what's driving your pursuit of "more" (more money, more things, more prestige, etc.), set commitments to help orient your growth, and organize your actions as part of a holistic learning process.		Amazon Bookshop
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia by Sabrina Strings	An important and original work, Fearing the Black Body argues convincingly that fat phobia isn't about health at all, but rather a means of using the body to validate race, class, and gender prejudice.		Amazon Bookshop
Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman	Exploring the rich histories of the neurodiversity and disability movements, Robert Chapman shows how the rise of capitalism created an ‘empire of normality’ that transformed our understanding of the body into that of a productivity machine.		Amazon Bookshop
Decolonizing Wealth by Edgar Villanueva	Decolonizing Wealth is a provocative analysis of the dysfunctional colonial dynamics at play in philanthropy and finance. With great compassion, Villanueva is able to both diagnose the fatal flaws in philanthropy and provide thoughtful solutions to these systemic imbalances.		Amazon Bookshop
Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés	Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés unfolds rich intercultural myths, fairy tales, folk tales, and stories, many from her own traditions, in order to help women reconnect with the fierce, healthy, visionary attributes of women's instinctual nature.		Amazon Bookshop
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke	Drawing on stories from elite athletes, founders of leading companies, and top entertainers, Duke teaches you how to get good at quitting and explains why quitting is integral to success.		Amazon Bookshop
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price	Laziness Does Not Exist explores the psychological underpinnings of the “laziness lie,” including its origins from the Puritans and how it has continued to proliferate as digital work tools have blurred the boundaries between work and life.		Amazon Bookshop

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Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life by Byron Katie and Stephen Mitchell	Discover the truth hiding behind troubling thoughts with Byron Katie's self-help classic. The Work is simply four questions that, when applied to a specific problem, enable you to see what is troubling you in an entirely different light.	HTP	Amazon Bookshop
The Four Day Win: End Your Diet War and Achieve Thinner Peace by Martha Beck	Not a conventional diet or exercise program, Martha Beck combines evolutionary logic, psychology, neuroplasticity, and humor, to teach the principles required to reverse weight issues.		Amazon Bookshop
The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self by Martha Beck	Martha Beck shows how to read our internal signals that lead us towards our true path, and to recognize what we actually yearn for versus what our culture sells us.	HTP	Amazon Bookshop
The Wisdom of Anxiety: How Worry and Intrusive Thoughts Are Gifts to Help You Heal by Sheryl Paul MA	Counselor Sheryl Paul examines the deeper meaning of the racing thoughts, sweaty palms, and insomnia that accompany the uncertain moments of our lives.	HTP	Amazon Bookshop
Immunity to Change: How to Overcome It and Unlock Potential in Yourself and Your Organization by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey	This persuasive and practical book, filled with hands-on diagnostics and compelling case studies, delivers the tools you need to overcome the forces of inertia and transform your life and your work.		Amazon Bookshop
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Miguel Ruiz and Janet Mills	The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.		Amazon Bookshop
Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Steven C. Hayes	As you work through this book, you’ll learn to let go of your struggle against pain, assess your values, and then commit to acting in ways that further those values.	HTP	Amazon Bookshop
Self-Reg: How to Help Your Child (and You) Break the Stress Cycle and Successfully Engage with Life by Dr. Stuart Shanker	Dr. Shanker translates decades of his findings from working with children into practical, prescriptive advice for parents, giving them concrete ways to develop their self-regulation skills and teach their children to do the same and engage successfully with life for optimal learning, social, and emotional growth.	HTP	Amazon Bookshop
Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair by Miriam Greenspan	Greenspan teaches the art of emotional alchemy by which grief turns to gratitude, fear opens the door to joy, and despair becomes the ground of a more resilient faith in life.		Amazon Bookshop
The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life by Martha Beck	No matter what your long-term goals are, The Joy Diet, written with Martha Beck’s inimitable blend of wisdom, practical guidance, and humor, will help you achieve the immediate gift of joyful living in the here and now.		Amazon Bookshop
Being Realistic Isn't Realistic: Collected essays on disability, identity, inclusion and innovation by Emma C. Van Der Klift and Norman Kunc	In this engaging, humorous and provocative collection of essays, Emma Van der Klift and Norman Kunc gently prod us to rethink many taken for granted and unquestioned assumptions about the nature of disability.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price	Laziness Does Not Exist explores the psychological underpinnings of the “laziness lie,” including its origins from the Puritans and how it has continued to proliferate as digital work tools have blurred the boundaries between work and life.		Amazon Bookshop
What Works: A Comprehensive Framework to Change the Way We Approach Goal Setting By Tara McMullin	In this book, you’ll explore what’s driving your pursuit of “more” (more money, more things, more prestige, etc.), set commitments to help orient your growth, and organize your actions as part of a holistic learning process.		Amazon Bookshop
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey	Tricia Hersey, aka the Nap Bishop, casts an illuminating light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted.		Amazon Bookshop
Empire of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman	Exploring the rich histories of the neurodiversity and disability movements, Robert Chapman shows how the rise of capitalism created an ‘empire of normality’ that transformed our understanding of the body into that of a productivity machine.		Amazon Bookshop
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke	Drawing on stories from elite athletes, founders of leading companies, and top entertainers, Duke teaches you how to get good at quitting and explains why quitting is integral to success.		Amazon Bookshop
I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt by Madeleine Dore	I Didn’t Do the Thing Today is the inspiring call to take productivity off its pedestal—by dismantling our comparison to others, aspirational routines, and the unrealistic notions of what can be done in a day, we can finally embrace the joyful messiness and unpredictability of life.		Amazon Bookshop
Contours of Ableism: The Production of Disability and Abledness by Fiona Kumari Campbell	Challenging notions of what constitutes 'normal' and 'pathological' bodies, this ambitious, agenda-setting study theoretically reinvigorates disability studies by reconceptualising it as 'studies of ableism' focusing on the practices and formations of able-bodiedness to uncover what it means to be 'able' rather than 'disabled'.		Amazon
Unfit Parent: A Disabled Mother Challenges an Inaccessible by Jessica Slice	Unfit Parent debunks the exclusionary myths that deem disabled people “unfit” to care for their children, instead showing how disabled parents and disability culture provide valuable lessons for rejecting societal rules that encourage perfectionism and lead to isolation.		Amazon Bookshop

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How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing by KC Davis	With KC’s help, your home will feel like a sanctuary again. It will become a place to rest, even when things aren’t finished. You will move with ease, and peace and calm will edge out guilt, self-criticism, and endless checklists. They have no place here.	HTP	Amazon Bookshop
The Compassion Book: Lessons from The Compassion Course by Thom Bond	The Compassion Book is a handbook that explains and demonstrates specific ways of thinking, speaking, and acting that help us experience more compassion, understanding, and harmony in our daily lives.	HTP	Amazon
Slow: Simple Living for a Frantic World by Brooke McAlary	After being diagnosed with post-natal depression, Brooke McAlary put the brakes on her stressful path and reorganized her life to emphasize depth, connection, and meaningful experiences. Brooke shares her story alongside practical advice for simplifying in ways that work for your life.		Amazon Bookshop
Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success by Shawn Stevenson	Learn how to create the ideal sleep sanctuary, how to hack sunlight to regulate your circadian rhythms, which clinically proven sleep nutrients and supplements you need, and stress-reduction exercises and fitness tips to keep you mentally and physically sharp.		Amazon Bookshop
Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang	Alex Soojung-Kim Pang combines rigorous scientific research with a rich array of examples of writers, painters, and thinkers to challenge our tendency to see work and relaxation as antithetical.		Amazon Bookshop
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey	Tricia Hersey, aka the Nap Bishop, casts an illuminating light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted.		Amazon Bookshop
Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away by Annie Duke	Drawing on stories from elite athletes, founders of leading companies, and top entertainers, Duke teaches you how to get good at quitting and explains why quitting is integral to success.		Amazon Bookshop
The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller	Introducing the 5 gates of grief, psychotherapist Francis Weller explores how we move through the waters of grief and loss in a culture so fundamentally detached from the needs of the soul.		Amazon Bookshop
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price	Laziness Does Not Exist explores the psychological underpinnings of the “laziness lie,” including its origins from the Puritans and how it has continued to proliferate as digital work tools have blurred the boundaries between work and life.		Amazon Bookshop
I Didn't Do the Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt by Madeleine Dore	I Didn’t Do the Thing Today is the inspiring call to take productivity off its pedestal—by dismantling our comparison to others, aspirational routines, and the unrealistic notions of what can be done in a day, we can finally embrace the joyful messiness and unpredictability of life.		Amazon Bookshop

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Too Loud, Too Bright, Too Fast, Too Tight: What to Do If You Are Sensory Defensive in an Overstimulating World by Sharon Heller	With empathy, compassion, and practical tools, a developmental psychologist and sufferer of Sensory Defensive Disorder sheds light on a little known but common affliction in which sufferers react to harmless stimuli as irritating, distracting, or dangerous.	HTP	Amazon Bookshop
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron Ph.D.	Most of us feel overstimulated every once in a while, but for the highly sensitive person, it's a way of life. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Elaine Aron, a highly sensitive person herself, shows you how to identify this trait in yourself and make the most of it in everyday situations.		Amazon Bookshop
Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to A Better Body, Better Health, and Bigger Success by Shawn Stevenson	Learn how to create the ideal sleep sanctuary, how to hack sunlight to regulate your circadian rhythms, which clinically proven sleep nutrients and supplements you need, and stress-reduction exercises and fitness tips to keep you mentally and physically sharp.		Amazon Bookshop
Making Sense: A Guide to Sensory Issues by Rachel Schneider	Whether you’re someone with sensory issues, a loved one supporting a sensory person, a professional, or someone that is curious about unusual and complex sensory experiences, this guide will answer your questions about life with sensory processing differences.		Amazon Bookshop
Living Sensationally by Winnie Dunn	Living Sensationally explains how people's individual sensory patterns affect the way we react to everything that happens to us throughout the day. Armed with this information, people will be able to pick just the right kind of clothing, job and home and know why they are making such choices.		Amazon Bookshop

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The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.	Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, show show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity.	Amazon Bookshop
Activate Your Vagus Nerve: Unleash Your Body's Natural Ability to Heal by Dr. Navaz Habib	This helpful guide provides all the tools you need to understand and heal your vagus nerve, the rest, digest and recovery system. You’ll learn simple yet powerful techniques to address a variety of ailments health challenges, like inflammation, gut sensitivity and brain fog, from their root causes originating with the vagus nerve.	Amazon
The Four Day Win: End Your Diet War and Achieve Thinner Peace by Martha Beck	Not a conventional diet or exercise program, Martha Beck combines evolutionary logic, psychology, neuroplasticity, and humor, to teach the principles required to reverse weight issues.	Amazon Bookshop
Your Symphony of Selves: Discover and Understand More of Who We Are by James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber	Why you are a different you at different times and how that’s both normal and healthy. James Fadiman and Jordan Gruber show that each of us is comprised of distinct, autonomous, and inherently valuable “selves.”	Amazon Bookshop
No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model by Ph.D. Schwartz, Richard	“All of us are born with many sub-minds—or parts,” says Dr. Schwartz. “These parts are not imaginary or symbolic. They are individuals who exist as an internal family within us—and the key to health and happiness is to honor, understand, and love every part.”	Amazon Bookshop
Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The Wisdom of Grief, Fear, and Despair by Miriam Greenspan	Greenspan teaches the art of emotional alchemy by which grief turns to gratitude, fear opens the door to joy, and despair becomes the ground of a more resilient faith in life.	Amazon Bookshop
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine and Ann Frederick	Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity.	Amazon Bookshop
Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life by Jill Bolte Taylor	Dr. Taylor shows us how to get acquainted with our own Four Characters of our brains, observe how they show up in our daily life, and learn to identify and relate to them in others as well.	Amazon Bookshop
What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Oprah Winfrey	Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and "What Happened to You?" provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand.	Amazon Bookshop
Writing to Heal: A Guided Journal for Recovering from Trauma and Emotional Upheaval by James W. Pennebaker	In this book, the preeminent psychologist and researcher in the growing field of expressive emotions therapy, or EET, takes readers through a series of guided writing exercises that help them explore their feelings about difficult experiences.	Amazon
Opening Up: The Healing Power of Expressing Emotions by James W. Pennebaker and Joshua M. Smyth	This lucid, compassionate book has introduced tens of thousands of readers to expressive writing, a simple yet powerful self-help technique grounded in scientific research.	Amazon Bookshop
What It Takes to Heal: How Transforming Ourselves Can Change the World by Prentis Hemphill	In this life-affirming framework for the way forward, Hemphill shows us how to heal our bodies, minds, and souls--to develop the interpersonal skills necessary to break down the doors of disconnection and take the necessary risks to reshape our world toward justice.	Amazon Bookshop
The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief by Francis Weller	Introducing the 5 gates of grief, psychotherapist Francis Weller explores how we move through the waters of grief and loss in a culture so fundamentally detached from the needs of the soul.	Amazon Bookshop

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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price	It’s time to honor the needs, diversity, and unique strengths of Autistic people so that they no longer have to mask. In embracing neurodiversity, we can all reap the rewards of nonconformity and learn to live authentically, Autistic and neurotypical people alike.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
A Hidden Wholeness: The Journey Toward an Undivided Life by Parker J. Palmer	Mapping an inner journey that we take in solitude and in the company of others, Palmer describes a form of community that fits the limits of our active lives.		Amazon Bookshop
The Compassion Book: Lessons from The Compassion Course by Thom Bond	The Compassion Book is a handbook that explains and demonstrates specific ways of thinking, speaking, and acting that help us experience more compassion, understanding, and harmony in our daily lives.	HTP	Amazon
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships by Marshall B. Rosenberg and Deepak Chopra	Nonviolent Communication serves our desire to do three things: - Increase our ability to live with choice, meaning, and connection - Connect empathically with self and others to have more satisfying relationships - Sharing of resources so everyone is able to benefit		Amazon Bookshop
Unf*ck Your Boundaries: Build Better Relationships Through Consent, Communication, and Expressing Your Needs by Dr Faith G Harper	Dr. Faith Harper offers a full understanding of issues of boundaries and consent, how we can communicate and listen more effectively, and how to survive and move on from situations where our boundaries are violated.		Amazon Bookshop
Shake It Up!: How to Be Young, Autistic, and Make an Impact by Quincy Hansen	This inspiring book by autistic blogger Quincy Hansen encourages autistic teens to find their voice and make a difference in the world around them.	AiA, HTP	Amazon Bookshop
The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga	Based on the theories of renowned psychologist Alfred Adler, this book guides you through the principles of self-forgiveness, self-care, and mind decluttering in a straightforward, easy-to-digest style that’s accessible to all.		Amazon Bookshop

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Cassandra in Reverse: A Reese's Book Club Pick by Holly Smale	Cassandra Penelope Dankworth is a creature of habit. She likes what she likes and strongly dislikes what she doesn't. Her life runs in a pleasing, predictable order…until now. She's just been dumped. She's just been fired. Her local café has run out of banana muffins. Then, something truly unexpected Cassie discovers she can go back and change the past. One small rewind at a time, Cassie attempts to fix the life she accidentally obliterated, but soon she'll discover she's trying to fix all the wrong things.	AiA	Amazon Bookshop
H Is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald	Helen Macdonald's story of adopting and raising one of nature's most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. Fierce and feral, her goshawk Mabel's temperament mirrors Helen's own state of grief after her father's death, and together raptor and human "discover the pain and beauty of being alive".		Amazon Bookshop
The Clan of the Cave Bear: Earth's Children, Book One by Jean M. Auel	Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who called themselves the Clan of the Cave Bear.		Amazon Bookshop
The Valley of Horses: Earth's Children, Book Two by Jean M. Auel	Living with the Clan has taught Ayla many skills but not real hunting. She finally knows she can survive when she traps a horse, which gives her meat and a warm pelt for the winter, but fate has bestowed a greater gift, an orphaned foal with whom she develops a unique kinship.		Amazon Bookshop
The Mammoth Hunters: Earth's Children, Book Three by Jean M. Auel	Ayla sets out from the valley on Whinney, the horse she tamed. Together they meet the Mamutoi—the Mammoth Hunters—people like Ayla. But to Ayla, who was raised by the Clan of the Cave Bear, they are “the Others.” She approaches them with mixed feelings of fear and curiosity.		Amazon Bookshop
The Plains of Passage: Earth's Children, Book Four by Jean M. Auel	In the course of their cross-continental odyssey, Ayla and Jondalar encounter both enemies and brave friends. Together they learn that the vast and unknown world can be difficult and treacherous, but breathtakingly beautiful and enlightening as well. All the pain and pleasure bring them closer to their ultimate destination, for the orphaned Ayla and the wandering Jondalar must reach that place on earth they can call home.		Amazon Bookshop
The Shelters of Stone: Earth's Children, Book Five by Jean M. Auel	The Shelters of Stone opens as Ayla and Jondalar, along with their animal friends, complete their epic journey across Europe and are greeted by Jondalar’s people: the Zelandonii. The people of the Ninth Cave of the Zelandonii fascinate Ayla. But as Ayla and Jondalar prepare for the formal mating at the Summer Meeting, there are difficulties. Not all the Zelandonii are welcoming.		Amazon Bookshop
The Land of Painted Caves: Earth's Children, Book Six by Jean M. Auel	Whatever obstacles she faces, Ayla finds inventive ways to lessen the difficulties of daily life, searching for wild edibles to make meals and experimenting with techniques to ease the long journeys the Zelandonii must take while honing her skills as a healer and a leader. But all the time Ayla has spent in training rituals has caused Jondalar to drift away from her.		Amazon Bookshop
Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie	On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Once, she was the Justice of Toren--a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. Now, an act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with one fragile human body, unanswered questions, and a burning desire for vengeance.		Amazon Bookshop
Planetfall by Emma Newman	More than twenty-two years have passed since Ren and the rest of the faithful braved the starry abyss and established a colony at the base of an enigmatic alien structure. All that time, Ren has worked hard as the colony's 3-D printer engineer, creating the tools necessary for human survival in an alien environment, and harboring a devastating secret.		Amazon Bookshop
A Psalm for the Wild-Built: A Monk and Robot Book by Becky Chambers	It's been centuries since the robots of Panga gained self-awareness and laid down their tools; centuries since they wandered, en masse, into the wilderness, never to be seen again; centuries since they faded into myth and urban legend. One day, the life of a tea monk is upended by the arrival of a robot, there to honor the old promise of checking in. The robot cannot go back until the question of "what do people need?" is answered.		Amazon Bookshop
A Prayer for the Crown-Shy: A Monk and Robot Book by Becky Chambers	After touring the rural areas of Panga, Sibling Dex (a Tea Monk of some renown) and Mosscap (a robot sent on a quest to determine what humanity really needs) turn their attention to the villages and cities of the little moon they call home. They hope to find the answers they seek, while making new friends, learning new concepts, and experiencing the entropic nature of the universe.		Amazon Bookshop

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Underdogs by Chris Bonnello	One million cloned soldiers. A nation imprisoned. Only a group of neurodivergent rebels, most of whom are teenagers, are fighting back. After a lifetime of being defined by their weaknesses, the teens must learn how to play to their strengths, and become the best they can be in a world that has never been on their side.	Autism PDA ADHD Down Syndrome Selective Mutism Neurodiversity (Violence)	Amazon
The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister	Emmeline lives on a remote island with her father, who teaches her about the natural world through her senses, until one day Emmeline is vaulted out into the real world. To understand her past, Emmeline must unlock the clues to her identity, a quest that challenges the limits of her heart and imagination.	Sensory Diversity (Bereavement)	Amazon Bookshop
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card	To defend against a hostile alien race, governments train child geniuses as soldiers. Ender's skills make him a leader in school, yet he suffers from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and fear of the alien invaders. Can he be the general Earth needs?	Giftedness	Amazon Bookshop
The Brave by James Bird	A boy's speech compulsions make him an outcast and target for bullying, until he finds people who see it completely differently, who see him differently.	OCD BIPOC (Terminal Illness)	Amazon Bookshop
The Giver by Lois Lowry	In a world where sameness is idealized and differences minimized, a boy is singled out for a unique role in his community.	Sensory Diversity Neurodiversity	Amazon Bookshop
Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone	Samantha McAllister is one of the popular girls. But hidden beneath her perfect makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off. When Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, everything changes, but will it be for the better?	Purely-Obsessional OCD (Suicide)	Amazon Bookshop
How to Disappear Completely by Ali Standish	Beautifully written, a wonderful story of coping with changes you don't want, learning to be your best self, and seeing the best in others.	Vitiligo Physical Differences	Amazon Bookshop
List of Ten by Halli Gomez	Troy Hayes is fed up with humiliation, loneliness, and physical pain, and creates a list of ten things to do by the tenth anniversary of his Tourettes diagnosis—culminating in suicide. But working his way through the list changes Troy.	Tourettes OCD (Suicide)	Amazon Bookshop
Forget Me Not by Ellie Terry	Astronomy-loving Calliope June sometimes makes faces or noises that she doesn't mean to make. Only Calliope's new neighbor, who is also the popular student body president, sees her as she truly is--an interesting person and a good friend. But is he brave enough to take their friendship public?	Tourettes	Amazon Bookshop
A Taxonomy of Love by Rachael Allen	The moment Spencer meets Hope the summer before seventh grade, it's . . . something at first sight. Through sibling feuds and family tragedies, new relationships and broken hearts, the two grow together and apart, and Spencer tries to map it all out.	Tourettes (Bereavement)	Amazon Bookshop
The Easy Part of Impossible by Sarah Tomp	Ria Williams was an elite diver on track for the Olympics until a freak accident at a meet changes everything. Can she figure out what she really wants when the thing she loves is so tangled up in the thing she fears the most?	ADHD Autism (Emotional Abuse)	Amazon Bookshop
Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt	Ally hides her inability to read, which sometimes creates difficult, awkward, and frustrating situations. Then everything changes when she gets a new teacher and opens up to two potential friends. She learns not to be so hard on herself and that dyslexia is nothing to be ashamed of.	Dyslexia Autism	Amazon Bookshop
Holding up the Universe by Jennifer Niven	Jack Masselin cannot recognize faces, not even his family's, and Libby Strout's size makes it impossible for her to hide. The two hurt and help each other as they challenge the assumptions people make about who they really are.	Prosopagnosia Physical Differences (Fat Shaming)	Amazon Bookshop
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty	Lucy Callahan's life was changed forever when she was struck by lightning. She doesn't remember it, but the zap gave her genius-level math skills, and she's been homeschooled ever since. Now, at 12 years old, she's technically ready for college. She just has to pass 1 more test--middle school.	Giftedness	Amazon Bookshop
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz	Aristotle is an angry teen with a brother in prison. Dante is a know-it-all who has an unusual way of looking at the world. When the two meet at the swimming pool, they seem to have nothing in common. But as the loners start spending time together, they discover that they share a special friendship.	Neurodiversity Homosexuality BIPOC	Amazon Bookshop
Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling	Aven is a spunky girl born without arms. Her new life takes an unexpected turn when she bonds with Connor, a classmate who also feels isolated because of his own disability, and they discover a room at Stagecoach Pass that holds bigger secrets than Aven ever could have imagined.	Physical Differences Tourettes BIPOC	Amazon Bookshop
Momentous Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling	Aven's about to begin high school . . . with 3,000 new kids to stare at her. And no matter how much Aven tries to play it cool, nothing prepares her for the reality.	Physical Differences Tourettes BIPOC	Amazon Bookshop
Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan	Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius with OCD tendencies whose life gets turned upside down when a car crash kills her parents.	Giftedness OCD BIPOC	Amazon Bookshop
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan	Percy Jackson is about to be kicked out of boarding school . . . and mythological monsters and the gods of Mount Olympus seem to be walking straight out of the pages of Percy's Greek mythology textbook and into his life.	ADHD	Amazon Bookshop
Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede	Princess Cimorene is everything a princess is not suppose to be, and out of boredom she runs away to live with one of the most powerful dragons around. She continues to find more dangerous characters and some excitement.	Neurodiversity	Amazon Bookshop
Show Me a Sign by Ann Clare Lezotte	Mary Lambert has always felt safe and protected on her beloved island of Martha's Vineyard. But recent events have delivered winds of change.	Deafness	Amazon Bookshop
Moojag and the Auticode Secret by N.E. McMORRAN	When Nema and her friends discover a hidden sugar-hooked society holding lost kids, they find their perfect world in danger. The strange, sticky place hides the truth about Nema’s missing brother, and a plot to destroy the free life she knows.	Autism Dyslexia ADHD Neurodiversity	Amazon
Figure It Out, Henri Weldon, by Tanita S. Davis	A story featuring middle school and family life--all about the complex calculations it takes for everyone to balance the equations of their lives and what it takes to be part of a team while handling a learning disability.	Learning Disability BIPOC	Amazon Bookshop
Stanley Will Probably Be Fine by Sally J Pla	Nobody knows comics trivia like Stanley knows comics trivia. It’s what he takes comfort in when the world around him gets to be too much. And after he faints during a safety assembly, Stanley takes his love of comics up a level by inventing his own imaginary superhero, named John Lockdown, to help him through.	Neurodiversity	Amazon Bookshop
Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor	Sunny Nwazue lives in Nigeria, but she was born in New York City. Her features are West African, but she's albino. She's a terrific athlete, but can't go out into the sun to play soccer. There seems to be no place where she fits in. And then she discovers something amazing—she is a "free agent" with latent magical power. And she has a lot of catching up to do.	ADHD Dyslexia Non-western Culture Physical Differences	Amazon Bookshop
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White	London, 1883. The Veil between the living and dead has thinned. Violet-eyed mediums commune with spirits under the watchful eye of the Royal Speaker Society, and sixteen-year-old trans, autistic Silas Bell would rather rip out his violet eyes than become an obedient Speaker wife.	Autism Trans	Amazon Bookshop

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A Friend for Henry by Jenn Bailey and Mika Song	Henry is a little different than the other kids in his class, but he wants a friend, too.	F HTP	Amazon Bookshop
Penguin and Pinecone by Salina Yoon	Penguin has an idea of who Pinecone should be, but when he finds out that isn't who Pinecone is, he helps his friend thrive as himself.	F HTP	Amazon Bookshop
Weslandia by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes	Wesley turns his inventive way of looking at the world to a unique summer project.	F HTP	Amazon Bookshop
Sophie's Squash Go to School by Pat Zietlow Miller and Anne Wilsdorf	Sophie gets along better with her two squash friends than with her classmates.	F	Amazon Bookshop
I Go Quiet by David Ouimet	Gorgeous illustrations. For those of us who go quiet sometimes.	F	Amazon Bookshop
I'm Sad by Michael Ian Black and Debbie Ridpath Ohi	One of the best explanations I've ever seen about feeling sad.	F	Amazon Bookshop
The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld	Sometimes the best thing a friend can do to fix an upset is...just to listen.	F	Amazon Bookshop
Love, Sophia on the Moon by Anica Mrose Rissi and Mika Song	Sophia learns that even though sometimes mom yells, and even though there is bedtime, and time outs, mom still loves her very much.	F	Amazon Bookshop
The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett and Gary Rubinstein	Perfectionism can be a tough act to live up to.	F	Amazon Bookshop
Too Sticky! by Jen Malia and Joanne Lew-Vriethoff	Holly loves doing experiments, but when she finds out the next one is making slime, she's worried. Holly doesn't like touching sticky things.	F AiA	Amazon Bookshop
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca and Daniel Rieley	A biography of Temple Grandin.	NF	Amazon Bookshop
Can I Play Too? by Samantha Cotterill	Two boys' fun train-track-building project takes a turn when one of the boys obliviously insists on only doing things his way.	F AiA	Amazon Bookshop
On Wings of Words: The Extraordinary Life of Emily Dickinson by Jennifer Berne and Becca Stadtlander	In a small New England town lives Emily Dickinson, a girl in love with small things--a flower petal, a bird, a ray of light, a word. (Current thinking is that Emily was likely autistic.) Gorgeous illustrations.	F	Amazon Bookshop
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld	When Stick rescues Stone from a prickly situation with a Pinecone, the pair becomes fast friends. But when Stick gets stuck, can Stone return the favor?	F HTP	Amazon Bookshop
A Place for Zero by Angeline Sparagna LoPresti and Phyllis Hornung	Zero is lonely in Digitaria. He can't play Addemup with the other numbers because he has nothing to add, but when zero discovers multiplication he thinks he might have a place there.	F	Amazon Bookshop
Sensory Like You by Rachel S. Schneider and Kelly Dillon	In this charming, colorful, and easy-to-read book, children will learn about the senses and Sensory Processing Disorder through their new grown-up friends’ examples, as well as the importance of celebrating what makes them unique.	NF	Amazon Bookshop

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We Could Be Heroes by Margaret Finnegan	Hank is autistic and hasn't had a real friend before, until Maisie attaches herself to him, opening his world.	F HTP	Amazon Bookshop
See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng	Alex follows his own sense of right and wrong in pursuing his love of space and figuring out his family.	F HTP	Amazon Bookshop
In Two Worlds by Ido Kedar	A non-speaking autistic boy feels like his life is passing him by...until one day everything changes.	F AiA	Amazon Bookshop
Real by Carol Cujec and Peyton Goddard	Charity, a non-speaking autistic girl, struggles to control her body and show the world what she can do and who she is.	F AiA	Amazon Bookshop
I am Aspiengirl by Tania Marshall	A showcase of the unique characteristics, traits and gifts of girls on the Autism Spectrum.	NF	Amazon Bookshop
The Asperkid's Secret Book of Social Rules by Jennifer Cook	A top secret guide to all of the hidden social rules in life that often seem strange and confusing to young people with Asperger syndrome.	NF AiA	Amazon Bookshop
A Boy Called Bat (Bk. 1) by Elana K. Arnold	Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), loves animals. His mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he's got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet.	F	Amazon Bookshop
Bat and the Waiting Game (Bk. 2) by Elana K. Arnold	When Bat's older sister, Janie, gets a part in the school play and can’t watch Bat after school, it means some pretty big changes, and Bat just wants everything to go back to normal.	F	Amazon Bookshop
Bat and the End of Everything (Bk. 3) by Elana K. Arnold	Bat) has been the caretaker for Thor, the best skunk kit in the world...but Thor is almost ready to be released into the wild. Not only that, but his best friend is leaving for a long vacation in Canada. Bat can’t help but feel that everything is coming to an end.	F	Amazon Bookshop
Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin	Jason Blake is an autistic twelve-year-old who finds a glimmer of understanding when he comes across PhoenixBird, who posts stories to the same online site as he does. But as desperate as he is to meet her, he's terrified that if they do meet, Rebecca will only see his autism and not who Jason really is.	F	Amazon Bookshop
The Someday Birds by Sally J. Pla	When his father heads from California to Virginia for medical treatment, Charlie, an autistic boy who feels he doesn't understand the world, reluctantly travels cross-country with his boy-crazy sister, unruly brothers, and a mysterious new family friend. He decides that if he can spot all the birds that he and his father were hoping to see someday along the way, then everything might just turn out okay.	F AiA	Amazon Bookshop
The Awesome Autistic Go-To Guide: A Practical Handbook for Autistic Teens and Tweens by Yenn Purkis and Tanya Masterman	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 differences and anxiety. This book helps you develop the confidence to be who you are.	NF AiA	Amazon Bookshop
The Teen Guide to Sensory Issues by Rachel S. Schneider	In this guide, written especially for teens and those who love them, Rachel S. Schneider, MA, MHC, breaks the challenges of sensory teenagehood into hilarious, thoughtful, and manageable chunks. Through personal stories as well as tips and tricks to survive and thrive during these years, Rachel reminds us that we're not alone.	NF AiA	Amazon Bookshop
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicoll	An autistic girl who fixates on how her town treated "witches" in the past, simply because these women were different, and fights to make it right.	F AiA	Amazon Bookshop
Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos	Nova is a non-speaking autistic girl who loves space and her sister, but they've lived in foster homes for years and were just split up. Will they find each other in time for the launch of the space shuttle Challenger?	F	Amazon Bookshop
Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis	Emma-Jean Lazarus is the smartest and strangest girl at her school. Her classmates don't understand her, but that's okay because Emma-Jean doesn't quite get them either. But one afternoon, all that changes when she sees Colleen Pomerantz crying in the girl's room.	F	Amazon
Can You See Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott	Tally isn't ashamed of being autistic, or her PDA, but something is different about sixth grade, and Tally now feels like she has to act normal. But as Tally hides her true self, she starts to wonder what normal means after all and whether fitting in is really what matters most.	F AiA	Amazon Bookshop
We Are All Made of Molecules by Susin Nielsen	Stewart, 13: Socially clueless genius. Ashley, 14: Popular with everyone but her teachers. Ashley's and Stewart's worlds collide when Stewart and his dad move in with Ashley and her mom.	F	Amazon Bookshop
Willodeen by Katherine Applegate	Eleven-year-old Willodeen adores the strange beasts known as "screechers" that her village sees as pests. Her fierce determination to stand up for them may solve another mystery as well.	F	Amazon Bookshop
Moojag and the Auticode Secret by N.E. McMORRAN	When Nema and her friends discover a hidden sugar-hooked society holding lost kids, they find their perfect world in danger. The strange, sticky place hides the truth about Nema’s missing brother, and a plot to destroy the free life she knows.	F AiA	Amazon
The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn	Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the courage to tell him a terrible secret about life with her mom and new stepdad? This contemporary novelis a must-read for fans of Leslie Connor and Ali Standish.	F AiA HTP	Amazon Bookshop

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