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Just One Book

Damojo

Is there one book on Autism that you would recommend as a way of explaining yourself to others? You know, "Here, read this, it will help you understand what goes on in my head." (Sort of like that book on a different topic that my mum gave me when I was 12.)

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  • in reply to profdanger

    I just finished Unmasking for Life by Devon Price—that's book 2—I haven't read book 1 yet. I liked book 2. It gave me a lot to think about. Dr. Price really pushes out the boundaries on what we might seek to be in life and how we might want to live it. I think that book was the reason for asking my question: I learned a lot, but it's a book that's beyond explaining what is and more about exploring what might be. Do you think book 1 would be more the former kind of book? I'll give it a go.

    I read a few others recently (the only common theme being that they were all 99p specials in the Kindle store in the past year):

    • The Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin
    • Girl Unmasked by Emily Katy
    • Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things? by Pierre Novellie
    • Neurotribes by Steve Silberman
    • Can You See Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott
    • Do You Know Me? by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott
    • Untypical by Pete Wharmby
    • The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
    • Unmasking for Life by Dr. Devon Price

    None of them is really what I'm looking for, though. There are some great books and I learned a lot, but not really what I would hand to someone else as a first book, an Autism primer.

    The search continues ... unless your suggestion turns out to be "The One". Thanks, .