Book Recs

I am currently reading I'm not strange, I have autism by Ellen Van Gelder. She collects the stories of different autistic people, it is so helpful

Some books I've really enjoyed reading, and also learned a lot of things about autism from, are 'How to be Autistic' by Charlotte Amelia Poe, 'I Think I Might Be Autistic' by Cynthia Kim and 'Nerdy, Shy and Socially Inappropriate' also by Cynthia Kim. 

Both authors are autistic, and there's a lot in the books that I related to.

thank you very much for the recommendations of what to read and what to avoid! both very useful. i’m not a fan of the Americanised style self help book either. 

On a personal note, I would advise against reading Temple Grandin's books. I read one and was more confused after than before, also the American type of aspirational 'self-help' grated on me - a lot.

I found 'Autism and Asperger Syndrome in Adults' by Luke Beardon and 'The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome' by Anthony Attwood the most useful of the ones I have read, even though they use the somewhat outdated term ' Asperger('s) Syndrome'.