You;re welcome.

Thanks for the recommendations will check those two out

I'm glad you are enjoying the book. I haven't read that book before but I will try and get a copy for myself, I love books about autism.

I would recommend you read Un-typical by Pete Wharmby. He's also autistic and reading this and knowing it's from another autistic perspective makes this one of the best books I have ever read. Definitely recommend this for anyone who has autism. I found this to be a very insightful and helpful book.

Another book recommendation I have is But You Don’t Look Autistic at All by Bianca Toeps. I’ve read this book several times and find it such a helpful book, inspiring too in places. I feel like I could read it a thousand times and still find it helps me better understand autism and myself.

I think the books of Kazuo Ishiguro are Autism related imo e.g. Mr Stevens in The Remains of the Day and synchronistically I was reading his Klara and the Sun when I was diagnosed Autism Level 1 in November 2021 community.autism.org.uk/.../kazuo-ishiguro

Recently, I read Is This Autism, by Donna Henderson, Sarah Wayland & Jamell White. There are two volumes. I’ve read the one that’s subtitled, A Guide for Clinicians and Everybody Else. It is excellent, and also available as an audiobook. It’s the only book I’ve read that hasn’t disappointed me for one reason or another. It’s extremely thorough.

Thank you. That's great.

Pete Wharmby also wrote another book called "What I Want To Talk About" which explores Autism experience through the lens of special interests (this is often an area most difficult to adequately convey to Clinicians, friends and family alike).

Pete's books are available in print, eBook and Audio Book (narrated by Pete).  They are often available via a county Library Service too 

I couldn't get through Neurotribes either. It felt more like a history lesson and that wasn't what I was looking for.

I really like Untypical by Pete Wharmby. I've read Unmasked, Girl Unmasked and Autism Unmasked, plus a few others about ADHD, but I thought it was a nice change to read a book by someone I could relate to because he's more my demographic.

That does sound a good book after watching Paul's video.  Thanks for the link have just ordered a copy

I’ve just started reading De Devon Price Unmasking for life. Also GIRL unmasked. 

I have been having a look through this suite of book reviews (some old favourites and others are titles new to me):

https://salvesen-research.ed.ac.uk/resources-and-outreach/library-of-book-reviews

"The Salvesen Mindroom Research Centre is a collaborative research partnership with the Scottish charity, the Salvesen Mindroom Centre.

Our research is creating new knowledge about neurodevelopment and diversity. Together, we are using that knowledge to link research and practice, designing and evaluating ways to enable people to thrive."

Sometimes we are not looking for a book about Autism / Neurodiversity with ourself as the intended reader audience. 

Selecting a good "intro to ..." book for a friend / relative / work colleague to read can be a tricky quest.

I wondered about this one:

Neurodiversity For Dummies by John Marble

ISBN: 978-1394216178

Pub. Date: 19 March 2024

Paperback Pages: 384

(It is available in the formats: Paperback, Audio Book and Kindle).

Here is Paul Micallef's video book review of this title ("Autism From The Inside" is the name of Paul's YouTube channel):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0ieqSRIR-sc&pp=ygUcQXV0aXNtIGZyb20gdGhlIGluc2lkZSBib29rcw%3D%3D

Judging by Paul's review and various online reviews at Amazon and beyond - I think I will get a copy and try using this book (to help some key people in my life to understand more about Autism and Neurodiversity).

Next month, I am joining a new service group within my general wider community and I wondered if members of their Committee might be interested in borrowing a book like this one (as I am not assuming they might necessarily be Autism-aware etc.).

Just ordered: mainly to add onto another book to get free delivery. I am sucker for free delivery. 

Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You 

by Jenara Nerenberg

I wondered what the point of Neurotribes was, I found it totally US based and that there was nothing for anyone else in the English speaking world worth reading in it.

The Gendered Brain is a more academic book.

Hi. Thanks for the recommendation. I will check it out. I really struggled with reading Neurotribes, so if it has a similar reading age I may audiobook it. x

I've never read any books on autism that I've found helpful, the only one I did like was, 'The Gendered Brain', by Gina Ripon, its a much more technical book on how biased many studies are.

Ooooo. I didn't know about this on the site. Thanks so much. 

This list is from the NAS website (I have been reading quite a number of them, although fiction tends not to be my personal preference).