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Neurodiversity! What’s That?

Neurodiversity! What’s That? is for children aged 7 and upwards. This book is a fun introduction to neurodiversity written by a neurodivergent mum aiming to improve the self-esteem and confidence of children. The book includes many positive messages and can also help parents navigate the world of neurodiversity. Neurodiversity! What's That? mentions autism, PDA, ADHD, dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, dysgraphia and Irlen Syndrome. Understanding neurodiversity enables parents and children to learn about disability and differences positively, promoting self-esteem and acceptance.   Author: Nadine Arthur   Find on Amazon

Sleep Misfits: The reality of Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome & Non-24

Sleep Misfits is the first book to extensively explore delayed sleep phase syndrome (DSPS) and non-24-hour-sleep-wake disorder (Non-24) through the words of actual experients. Although circadian sleep disorders have seen an increase in published research and media coverage, they are still little-known and little-understood. There remains massive prejudice and discrimination against those of us whose body clocks prevent us from waking and sleeping at socially-approved hours. The main purpose of this book is to tackle these wide-scale negative assumptions by increasing empathy. Additionally, the book is intended to serve as a manual for people affected, including their families. A detailed section on childhood is included for the many parents confused and exasperated by their children’s wayward sleep hours. Text book style descriptions are supplemented with research links, and sit alongside comments volunteered by real-life DSPS and Non-24 people, and a wealth of illustrations. Available on Amazon worldwide as an illustrated paperback, and text-only ebook. The ebook is free to borrow via Kindle Unlimited. Sally Cat is kindly donating royalties from this book to the PDA Society - for more info on PDA and sleep please see the results of our sleep survey in which 10% of responses indicated circadian rhythm difficulty of some sort, [...]

How to Cope When Your Child Can’t

How to Cope When Your Child Can't: Comfort, Help and Hope for Parents This book combines stories from parents, whose children have experienced difficulties and distress for a variety of reasons, with information from psychological research. It signposts resources and techniques that can help parents to cope with their own feelings and struggles. Some of the strategies outlined include problem solving, emotional regulation, coping with stress, acceptance and there are also tips and activities that helped other parents cope. Please note: This book contains stories about eating disorders, self-harm, suicide, bullying, distressed behaviours and addiction. This book draws on the experiences of people parenting children with a range of different needs. Given this, some of the examples may not be suitable for parents of PDA children or adaptations may be needed.   Authors: Roz Shafran, Ursula Saunders, Alice Welham Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group   Find on Amazon

The Amazing Autistic Brain Cards

150 Cards with Strengths and Challenges for Positive Autism Discussions. This deck of cards is a resource to help professionals, parents and anyone working with autistic young people to have discussions about an Autism diagnosis in a personalised, positive and meaningful way. The beautifully designed cards each show a strength - such as being inquisitive or honest - or a challenge - such as sensory difficulties or understanding emotions. The pack also includes reusable blank cards which can be personalised. The accompanying booklet provides approaches and strategies developed by Dr Dura-Vila in her clinical practice. She also shares her personal (and occasionally humorous) experiences, including tips for discussing an autism diagnosis. These accounts within inspire readers to give their best to any young person when sharing an autism diagnosis, and in the conversations that follow.   Authors: Glòria Durà-Vilà (Author), Rebecca Tatternorth (Illustrator) Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers   Find on publisher's website  

The Spectrum Girl’s Survival Guide

How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic "Never be ashamed of being different: it is this difference that makes you extraordinary and unique." This essential go-to guide gives you all the information and tools you'll need to help you flourish and achieve what you want in life. From the answers to everyday questions such as 'Am I using appropriate body language?' and 'Did I say the wrong thing?', through to discussing the importance of understanding your emotions, looking after your physical and mental health and coping with anxiety and sensory overloads, award-winning neurodiversity campaigner Siena Castellon uses her own experiences to provide you with the skills to overcome any challenge. With practical tips on friendships, dating, body image, consent and appearance, as well as how to survive school and bullying, The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide gives you the power to embrace who you are, reminding you that even during the toughest of teen moments, you are never alone. Author: Siena Castellon Foreword by: Temple Grandin Illustrated by: Rebecca Burgess Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers Find on publisher's website

The Incredible 5-Point Scale

This much-awaited second edition of the popular Incredible 5-Point Scale is significantly improved and expanded. Using the same practical and user-friendly format as the first edition, Buron and Curtis let readers benefit from work done with the scales over the past 10 years, to result in refinements to the original scales, now considered classics in homes and classrooms across the country and abroad, as well as lots of new scales specifically designed for two groups of individuals: young children and those with more classic presentations of autism, including expanded use of the Anxiety Curve.  Another welcome addition is a list of goals and objectives related to incorporating scales in students IEPs.   Authors: Kari Dunn Buron and Mitzi Curtis Publisher: AAPC Publishing   Find on SEN Books

Mental Health Issues in Girls

A Guide to Mental Health Issues in Girls and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum: Diagnosis, Intervention and Family Support This book addresses the specific mental health needs of girls and young women with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Looking at the ways autism presents differently in girls than in boys, and the mental health conditions that occur most frequently in girls with ASD, this is the essential guide for clinicians and educators on tailoring interventions and support to meet girls' needs. Describing the current assessment process for autism diagnosis, the book explains why girls are under- or mis-diagnosed, leading to later mental health issues. It outlines the types of intervention that are particularly helpful for working with girls to reduce anxiety, improve social interaction skills, and manage self-harm. The book also covers how to manage eating disorders and feeding difficulties, focusing on working with girls with sensory processing difficulties. There is information on how to deal with the emotional impact on parents, carers and families, and the challenges they face when negotiating appropriate psychological and educational support.   Author: Dr Judy Eaton Published by: Jessica Kingsley Publishers   Find on publisher's website

Autism How to Raise a Happy Autistic Child

The book offers real-world, road-tested, child-first and family-friendly suggestions; while also highlighting the twin truths that autism is not a tragedy, and that adaptation and acceptance are not resignation. It combines her own experiences with tips from autistic adults, other parents - including author David Mitchell - as well as suggestions from autism professionals and academics. Autism looks at the condition as a difference rather than a disorder and includes guidance on: What to do if you think your child is autistic. How to understand and support your child at school and at home. Mental health and autism. The differences between autistic girls and boys.   Author: Jessie Hewitson Publisher: Orion Spring Find on SEN Books

Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism (Human Horizons)

Autism is a different way of being human: it offers possibilities and opportunities, not disabilities. By understanding autistic behaviours as responses based on an individual's experiences, as strategies to cope with a chaotic world, Barry Prizant seeks to enhance a child's abilities, to teach new skills, help individuals build on their strengths and develop coping strategies that could aid the fulfilment of every child's promise. ESSENTIAL READING FOR ANY PARENT, TEACHER, THERAPIST OR CAREGIVER OF A PERSON ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM. In understanding those on the autism spectrum as developing human beings Uniquely Human debunks many of the false, and antiquated, negative stereotypes that surround autism. It is a first step towards a greater understanding of people with autism and an essential part of their successful participation in and contribution to society. With a wealth of inspiring stories and practical information that shares all that Barry Prizant has learnt from thousands of children and older people with autism and their families over forty years Uniquely Human conveys a deep respect for the qualities in people on the autism spectrum that make them special. It offers a compassionate and insightful perspective that could be life-changing as well as uplifting.   Author: Barry M Prizant Publisher: [...]

A Practical Guide to Happiness

A Practical Guide to Happiness in Children and Teens on the Autism Spectrum: A Positive Psychology Approach Full of simple strategies for happiness in children and teens with autism, this book is a must read for anyone dedicated to the wellbeing of a child on the spectrum. Bringing a refreshingly positive approach to mental health and autism, the guide is full of practical ideas for helping children strengthen their self-worth, optimism and receptivity to happiness. It also reveals how children can build resilience and better understand their feelings, giving them the skills to flourish and thrive and to ward off negative thoughts. The activities are ideal for all learning levels and can be done individually or in groups, at home or in the classroom. Talking about mental health in autism is all too often reduced to ways of 'curing illness' - this book helps to prevent poor mental health by making happiness a priority and an attainable goal.   Author: Victoria Honeybourne Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers   Find on publisher's website

Ten Rules

Ten Rules for Ensuring That the Mental Health Needs of Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities are not Recognised or Supported … and maybe what to do about it This powerful booklet aims to challenge our thinking about the way we communicate and interact with autistic people and those with learning (intellectual) disabilities. The ’10 Rules’ concept sets out to be deliberately provocative, by suggesting ways in which people, services and environments can unconsciously create problems and obstacles for those they seek to support. Each communication ‘rule’ speaks powerful with the voice of the individual on the receiving end of services and practice. Together, the 10 rules provide a useful starting point for discussion and a catalyst for action. Each is followed by suggestions for positive practice. The booklet also contains additional background information on good practice, together with references and sources of further information. The booklet can be used for a range of purposes, including staff induction, awareness training, individual professional development and reflection, and discussion regarding service development and design. It can be used by services, professionals and support workers, trainers, teachers, students and carers.   Authors: Dr Damian Milton, Richard Mills, Simon Jones Publisher: Pavilion Publishing   Find on publisher's website

A Mismatch of Salience

A Mismatch of Salience explores the communication challenges between people on the autism spectrum and neurotypical people and seeks to re-balance and celebrate this diversity. A Mismatch of Salience brings together a range of Damian Milton’s writings that span more than a decade. The book explores the communication and understanding difficulties that can create barriers between people on the autism spectrum and neurotypical people. It celebrates diversity in communication styles and human experience by re framing the view that autistic people represent a ‘disordered other’ not as an impairment, but a two-way mismatch of salience. It also looks at how our current knowledge has been created by non-autistic people on the ‘outside’, looking in. A Mismatch of Salience attempts to redress this balance.   Author: Dr Damian Milton Publisher: Pavilion Publishing   Find on publisher's website

Autism with Lola

Author Jodie Isitt has designed and created these beautiful social stories that are written in a gentle and relatable way so as to enhance the understanding of neuro-diversity in young children. Cute woodland characters will take their readers on an educational journey to embrace differences such as living with anxiety or being autistic, whilst teaching them ideas for kindness and creating learning opportunities for young children which will empower them and give them the knowledge they desperately need so that they are always confident in neuro-diversity.   Author: Jodie Isitt Publisher: Autism with Love Publishing   Find on publisher's website

Autism and Asperger Syndrome in Adults

If you've recently been diagnosed with ASD, or think you might be, or you are close to someone with ASD, one of the things you will like most about this book is the way in which it challenges the idea of autism as a 'disorder' or 'impairment'. Instead, Dr Luke Beardon will help you to reframe what you feel, and challenge what you know, about being on the spectrum. He explains how autism impacts on the individual, and what purpose a diagnosis might - or might not - serve. There is a lot of myth-busting, and dismantling of the stereotypes and clichés around ASD and areas like communication, social interaction and relationships. Practical tips for undiagnosed adults will help you navigate things like school, work, study, parenthood and even to understand what happens when autistic people break the law. Above all, this book is a celebration of what it means to be autistic - of the passion, honesty, humour, lack of ego, loyalty and trustworthiness that make you, or your loved one, such an amazing person.   Author: Dr Luke Beardon Publisher: Sheldon Press   Find on Amazon

Talking Autism: Parenting Your Unique Child

The book that will help you initiate small changes that will make a big difference. Are you fed up of feeling as though no one understands? Perhaps you’re not sure where to turn next? Or maybe you just want to be sure you’ve got all your bases covered? If you have answered yes to any of these questions you are in the right place. Whether your child is just going through the diagnostic process, or you’ve read every other Autism book on the shelves you’ll find something in here for you. In this book Victoria not only guides you through the diagnosis and EHCP process, but gives you a multitude of practical strategies you can incorporate today. But perhaps uniquely, she will do it from the perspective of both an Autism Specialist Teacher and a mum to a child on the Spectrum. This book isn’t just filled with theory, it’s packed with real life examples that will make you realise that you can do this. It’s a book that will teach you that the small changes, really can make a huge difference. (149 pages)   Author: Victoria Hatton     Find on author's website

Autistic Teen’s Avoidant Eating Workbook

Food can come with all sorts of challenges - sensory issues, social pressure, loss of control - and so making choices about what foods to eat, and coping with mealtimes can be stressful - especially when other people are involved. If you are neurodivergent and looking to change your relationship with food, this interactive, accessible guide is the perfect companion. You might stick to the same 'safe' foods all the time, be attached to specific mealtime rituals, or struggle to know whether you are hungry or full. This guide will help you recognise the signs of avoidant eating, cope with food related anxieties and manage sensory overload, as well as the particular social stresses of communal eating. With top tips, a progress tracker, quizzes and worksheets, this is an engaging and informative resource for teens and parents alike. Author: Dr. Elizabeth Shea Published: September 2023 This book is not written specifically for PDA children but is Neurodivergent friendly. Parents are advised to read the book before giving it to their child to make sure it is suitable. Find on Publisher's website