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New additions to my library of books on autism

Iain

I've had an interesting few weeks where one of the things that happened was I have been given access by a local autism charity to a library of ebooks that include a large number on the subject of neurodiversity.

There are something like 500 books on the subject of autism alone and I'm working through them slowly trying to use labels to categorise what subjects they cover. It is a slow task as you can imagine.

I'm thinking of writing a few articles on subjects like making friends, dealing with grief, finding work, improving sleep etc by using the consensus of ideas in the relevant books and quoting sections relevant to the subject.

I'll quote the book tile / authors / year / ISBN when using any references.

I have 2 questions stemming from this:

1 - does anyone know what the rules are around pasting quotes from copyright material?

2 - what subjects do you want to see covered (if any) this way?

Parents

  • This is a marvelous undertaking and sound very useful cataloguing. 

    Sleep would definitely be up there for me as being a huge issue. (Especially if there is anything on how to sleep longer, as it can be hard to find help if you can get to sleep but can't sleep longer than a few hours).

    How to reduce/cope with anxiety levels. 

    Navigating telling people -family/friends/work about your autism. (Some good suggestions for building scripts to counter/inform when you don't get the reaction you were hoping for?)

    If any books have sections on understanding of women's issues, such as menstruation and menopause would also be appreciated.

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  • This is a marvelous undertaking and sound very useful cataloguing. 

    Sleep would definitely be up there for me as being a huge issue. (Especially if there is anything on how to sleep longer, as it can be hard to find help if you can get to sleep but can't sleep longer than a few hours).

    How to reduce/cope with anxiety levels. 

    Navigating telling people -family/friends/work about your autism. (Some good suggestions for building scripts to counter/inform when you don't get the reaction you were hoping for?)

    If any books have sections on understanding of women's issues, such as menstruation and menopause would also be appreciated.

Children
  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing
    Cinnabar_wing said:
    If any books have sections on understanding of women's issues, such as menstruation and menopause would also be appreciated

    From a quick glance, there are the following:

    AUTISM IN GIRLS AND WOMEN, what you should know about this with adaptation and coping mechanisms of autism in females, - Jennifer Scott - 2022
    SOCIAL SKILLS FOR TEEN GIRLS WITH AUTISM_ A Comprehensive Handbook for Social Skills Development in Teen Girls with Autism - GENEVIEVE, I -- 2024.epub
    22 Things a Woman Must Know If She Loves a Man with Asperger’s Syndrome - Rudy Simone (2009)
    Aspergirls - empowering females with Asperger Syndrome - Rudy Simone (2012)
    Six-Word Lessons on Female Asperger Syndrome - 100 Lessons to Understand and Support Girls and Women with Asperger's - Tracey Cohen (2015)
    The Aspie Girl's Guide to Being Safe with Men - The Unwritten Safety Rules No-one is Telling You - Debi Brown (2012)
    The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide, How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic - Siena Castellon (2020)
    Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age - Sarah Hendrickx, Judith Gould (2015)

    Life experience books:
    Female Autism_ The Power Of Silence - Edmund Santorine
    Girl Unmasked_ How Uncovering My Autism Saved My Life - Katy, Emily  2024 - 9781800961425
    Girls and Autism _ Educational, Family and Personal Perspectives - Barry Carpenter, Francesca Happé, Jo Egerton, Francesca - 2019 - 9780815377252.epub
    I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety - Kurchak, Sarah - 2020 - 9781771622462.epub
    Late Bloomer _ How an Autism Diagnosis Changed My Life - Clem Bastow - 2021 - 9781743587560.epub
    Reaching One Thousand _ A Story of Love, Motherhood and Autism - Robertson, Rachel Elizabeth - 2018 - 9781760640590.epub
    Spectrum Women _ Walking to the Beat of Autism - Barb Cook; Michelle Garnett; Rudy Artemisia; Catriona - 2018 - 9781784508067.pdf
    The Stories I Tell My Friends - Lesko, Anita; Grandin, Temple; Jackson, Mick - 2018 - 9781941765821.epub
    Thinking in Pictures_ And Other Reports from My Life with Autism - Grandin, Temple - 2006 - 9780307275653.epub
    Autism in heels -  the untold story of a female life on the spectrum - O'Toole, Jennifer Cook (2018)

    I have plenty more covering the other subjects you asked about too.

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    Good idea Cinnabarwing, extreme PMS too. I wonder if there is anything published and well researched on these things, I wonder if menopause is covered at all?