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).

You are very welcome mrs.snooks. Hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Funny thing is because I don’t retain information that well I have enjoyed some of those books 3 times over….. the gift that keeps on giving! 

Thank you for the recommendation. I have been struggling to find my next read and nothing seemed to jump out at me. I shall make it my next book and report back. 

try out I am autistic by Chanelle Moriah and this is ADHD (same author) she was diagniosed at early adult hood and wanted to not just find out more about her diagnosises but also help other newly diagnosed people aswell so she created a interactive book that you can write in as you go and it explains a lot about different autism traits so it helped me understand autism and why I act the way I do due to it.

Thank you for the super list. Ones I haven't read added to my plan to read. x

1, Untypical by Pete Wharmby

2, How not to fit in by Jess Joy and Charlotte Mia

3, Why can’t I just enjoy things by Pierre Novelli

4, Neurotribes by Steve Siberman

5, The autistic survival guide to therapy by Steph Jones

6, Different not less by Chloe Hayden

7, Unmasking autism by Devon Price

8, Looking after your autistic self by Niamh Garvey

9, Illuminated by Melanie Sykes

10, Unmasked by Ellie Middleton 

11, How to be you by Ellie Middleton 

Those are some of what I have read. I tend to prefer an author who has actual lived experiences as ND.