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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 - [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]