Autism Book List and Reading Resources

Would you like to read about different peoples’ experience with autism?  Below you’ll find books written by people with autism or by author who have autistic people in their lives.  We list books about autism for caregivers, children, adolescents, and adults.

Books by Autistic Authors:

For Children:

• Benji, the Bad Day, and Me
• Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome
• The Asperkid’s Not-Your-Average Coloring-Book
• The Outdoor Scientist: The Wonder of Observing the Natural World

For Young Adults:

• Sisterhood of the Spectrum: An Asperger Chick’s Guide to Life
• The Aspie Teen Survival’s Guide: Candid Advice for Teens, Tweens, and
• Parents, from a Young Man with Asperger’s Syndrome
• On the Edge of Gone

Books for Adults:

• What Autism Gave Me: A Devastating Diagnosis To A Triumphant Life
• The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed
• Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s
• The Secret Life of a Black Aspie: A Memoir

Books About Autism

Books for Parents and Caregivers:

• The Breakaway: A Parent’s Guide to Transitioning the Autistic and Twice Exceptional Adolescent Into Young Adulthood
• What About Me?: A Book By and For An Autism Sibling
• Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
• Forever Boy: A Mother’s Memoir of Autism and Finding Joy
• What Color is Monday?

Books for Young Children:

• Nathan’s Autism Spectrum Superpowers (One Three Nine Inspired)
• Uniquely Wired: A Story About Autism and Its Gifts
• My Brother Charlie
• All My Stripes: A Story for Children With Autism
• Too Sticky!: Sensory Issues with Autism
• The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin (Amazing Scientists, 1)

Books for Adolescents:

• Asperger’s and Adulthood: A Guide to Working, Loving, and Living With Asperger’s Syndrome
• The Social Survival Guide for Teens on the Autism Spectrum: How to Make Friends and Navigate Your Emotions

Books for Young Adults & Adults:

• Love and Asperger’s: Practical Strategies To Help Couples Understand Each Other and Strengthen Their Connection

The Autism Support Network also has a list of books as resources for parents and Caregivers. They can be found here: Books for parents & caregivers

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Article by:  The Autism ToolKit