Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello fellow autistic people, I thought I would recommend this brilliant book by Nick Walker. It’s about the neurodiversity paradigm and autistic culture, it is basically a collection of her essays on these subjects.
I hope this interests you and you enjoy the book as much as I do!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neuroqueer-Heresies-Neurodiversity-Empowerment-Possibilities/dp/1945955260/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=2D4T9NJO9MFI6&keywords=neuroqueer+heresies&qid=1660426637&sprefix=neuroq%2Caps%2C120&sr=8-1
Thank you for the recommendation. I’m looking for some books to read on autism and the autistic experience as I haven’t read anything yet. I, perhaps wrongly, felt like I needed to wait for a diagnosis before doing any reading. It’s a year on from my diagnosis and I feel ready, after joining in here and exploring this website along with others, to do so.
Perhaps this will be the book I will start with. Do you, or anyone else for that matter, have any other recommendations to go alongside this one, as a good place to start my reading?
Thanks in advance.
I would recommend reading the following by autistic people:
Temple Grandin - The Autistic Brain, thats a good book about autism and also herself, and worth reading about her as age means she was a child when autism wasn't really know enough, and far from how things are today.
Chris Packham - Fingers in the Sparkle JarDara McNulty - The Young Naturalist
Bought those two as align closely, both as child and adult.
Two books I haven't bought yet but should be good based on what i know.
I can recommend Drama Queen by Sara Gibbs based on following her on twitter, though not bought it yet, though should.
Explaining Humans by Camilla Pang, recommended off twitter.
Also Pete Wharmby has a book coming out next March called Untypical, which should be good
NT authors:
The Complete Guide to Aspergers by Tony Attwood, controversial author but this book was useful to me to understand high-functioning autism
It is perfectly valid to wait for your diagnosis before you start reading autistic books, you need to be ready and confident enough to explore your own autistic experience in more depth.
You are very welcome. There are a wealth of great autistic books to explore that you will hopefully really enjoy or resonate with.
As far as other recommendations, here is my list:
I know this is a long list, I could add more but I would be here for ages. I hope something on this list interests you. If not there are some other reading lists compiled by other autistics:
https://lizziehuxleyjones.com/#autbooks
https://aucademy.co.uk/books/
If you click on the list of stim toys on this page, there are also some recommendations for books.
I hope your reading is insightful and you learn more about your own autistic experience or resonate with other autistic people.