USEFUL LINKS ABOUT AUTISM

The National Autistic Society https://www.autism.org.uk/ has a huge wealth of evidence-based resources

Cartoons by Bex Ollerton @Schnumn

https://neurodivergentinsights.com/blog/autism-in-adulthood

Books on Autism

  • Anything by/ with Tony Attwood
  • A guide to mental health issues in girls and young women on the autism spectrum, by Judy Eaton
  • But you don’t look autistic at all, by Bianca Toeps
  • Asperger Sundrome and difficult moments, by Brenda Smith Myles and Jack Southwick
  • Sincerely, your autistic child; what people on the autistic spectrum wish their parents knew about growing up, acceptance and identity, edited by Emily Paige Ballou, Sharon daVanport, and Morenike Giwa Onaiw

Podcasts on Autism

  • Being dad with Alex Cullen, living with autism part 2 September 2019
  • Autism masterclass for parents, by Clinical Partners and the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), 8 episodes

Audiobook on Autism

  • Understanding Autism, Scientific American, introduced by Jeanene Swanson, narrator Coleen Marlo

Books on Pathological Demand Avoidance

  • The family experience of PDA; an illustrated guide to Pathological demand avoidance, by Eliza Fricker
  • Pathological demand avoidance; my daughter is not naughty, by Jane Alison Sherwin

Resources for young people on Autism

  • Can you see me, Do you know me, Ways to be me, all three by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott
  • Me and my PDA; a guide to Pathological demand avoidance for young people, by Gloria Dura-Vila
  • Resources collected by the Neurodiversity awareness week for pupils and students https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/student-resources
  • I am an Aspie Girl, a book for young girls with autism spectrum conditions, by Danuta Bulhak-Paterson
  • My autism book, a child’s guide to their autistic spectrum diagnosis, by Gloria Dura-Vila
  • Be different, my adventures with Asperger’s, and my advice for fellow Aspergians, misfits, families and teachers, by John Elder Robinson
  • The Asperkid’s secret book of social rules; the handbook of not-so-obvious social guidelines for Tweens and Teens with Asperger syndrome, by Jennifer Cook O’Toole
  • https://padlet.com/spectrumgaming/autismresources

Autistic women becoming pregnant

Video about autism