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Books

Neurodivergence and Eating Disorders

  • Rainbow Girl: A Memoir of Autism and Anorexia  (2023)
    By:
    Livia Sara

     

  • ​A Cautionary Tale (2024)
    By: Hannah Brockway 

     

  •  Autism and Eating Disorders in Teens: A Guide for Parents and Professionals (2020)
    By: Fiona Fisher Bullivant and Sharleen Wood

     

  • Supporting Autistic People with Eating Disorders: A Guide to Adapting Treatment and Supporting Recovery (2021)
    By: Kate Tchanturia

Neurodivergence

Children and Teens
  • How to Raise Happy Neurofabulous Children: A Parents' Guide (2023)
    By: Katy Elphinstone 

     

  • Supporting Autistic Girls & Gender Diverse Youth (2023)
    By: Yellow Ladybugs 

     

  • The Brain Forest (2022)
    By: Sandhya Menon, Kushla Ross, and Donita Richards 

     

  • A Different Sort of Normal: The award-winning true story about growing up autistic (2021)
    By: Abigail Balfe 

     

  • ​Understanding Sensory Differences: A Neurodiversity Affirming Guidebook for Children and Teens (2022)  
    By:  Robert Jason Grant

     

  • Understanding ADHD: A Neurodiversity Affirming Guidebook for Children and Teens  (2022)
    By: Robert Jason Grant

     

  • Understanding Autism: A Neurodiversity Affirming Guidebook for Children and Teens (2021)
    By:  Robert Jason Grant

     

  • Let's Start School: A neurodiversity-affirming story to support autistic children starting school (2022)
    By:  Amanda Mc Guinness

     

  • Neurodiversity and the Twice-Exceptional Student: A Comprehensive Resource for Teachers (2024)
    By: Rhonda Filmer

     

  • Embracing Neurodiversity with The Safe House Framework: Autism Edition (2023)
    By: Valli Jones

     

  • Out of the Box: A one-stop guide to navigating neurodivergence (2024)
    By: Rebecca Sparrow and Madonna King

     

  • The Family Experience of PDA: An Illustrated Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance (2021)
    By: Eliza Fricker 

     

  • The World Needs Who You Were Made To Be (2020)
    By: Joanna Gaines and Julianna Swaney

     

  • The Strengths-Based Guide to Supporting Autistic Children (2023)
    By: Claire O'Neill

     

  • Autism, Identity and Me: A Practical Workbook and Professional Guide to Empower Autistic Children and Young People Aged 10+ (2023)
    By: Rebecca Duffus 

     

  • Start Here: a guide for parents of autistic kids (2021)
    By: Autistic Self Advocacy Network 

     

  • Learning From Autistic Teachers: How to be a Neurodiversity-Inclusive School (2022)
    By: Rebecca Wood, Ruth Moyse, Dr Laura Crane, Francesca Happe, and Alan Morrison

     

  • WONDERFULLY WIRED: 100 Inspiring Stories of Neurodivergent People Who Changed the World (2023)
    By: Stacey Lucas-Toumbourou

     

  • Neurodiversity! What's That?: An introduction to neurodiversity for kids  (2022)
    By: Nadine Ramina Arthur 

     

  • Nurturing Your Autistic Young Person: A Parent's Handbook to Supporting Newly Diagnosed Teens and Pre-Teens (2022)
    By: Cathy Wassell, Eliza Fricker, and Emily Burke 

     

  • Neurodivergent Ninja: A Children’s Book About the Gifts of Neurodiversity (2023)
    By: Mary Nhin 

     

  • When My Brain Is Messy (2023)
    By: Tania Wieclaw and Rahul Chakraborty

     

  • Emotional Intensity in Gifted Students: Helping Kids Cope With Explosive Feelings (2015)
    By: Christine Fonseca

     

  • The Social and Emotional Development of Gifted Children: What Do We Know? (2015)
    By: Maureen Neihart and Steven Pfeiffer  

     

  • Raising Twice-Exceptional Children: A Handbook for Parents of Neurodivergent Gifted Kids (2022)
    By: Emily Kircher-Morris 

     

  • Wonderfully Wired Brains: An Introduction to the World of Neurodiversity (2023)
    By: Louise Gooding and Ruth Burrows 

     

  • Inside the Dyslexic Mind: A resource for parents, teachers and dyslexics themselves (2023)
    By: Laughton King

     

  • Can I tell you about Dyspraxia?: A guide for friends, family and professionals
    By: Imogen Hallam and Maureen Boon

  • “What Did I Do Wrong?”: An Accessible Guide to Preventing Traumatic Misunderstandings Between You and Your Autistic Loved One (2023)
    By: Jaime A Heidel

     

  • The Panda on PDA: A Children's Introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance (2022)
    By: Gloria Dura-Vila and Rebecca Tatternorth 

Neurodivergence

Adults
  • Self-Care for Autistic People: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Unmask! (2024)
    By: Dr. Megan Anna Neff 
     

  • Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You (2020)
    By: Jenara Nerenberg
     

  • The Neurodivergence Skills Workbook for Autism and ADHD: Cultivate Self-Compassion, Live Authentically, and Be Your Own Advocate (2024)
    By: Jennifer Kemp, Monique Mitchelson, and Sonny Jane Wise
     

  • The Autistic Experience: Silenced Voices Finally Heard (2023)
    By: Marie-Laure Del Vecchio and Joe James 
     

  • Untypical: How the World Isn't Built for Autistic People and What We Should All Do About It (2023)
    By: Pete Wharmby 
     

  • Women with ADHD: Women’s Journey to Self-Compassion, Confidence, and Empowerment (2023)
    By: Rachel Wright 
     

  • ​The Autism and Neurodiversity Self Advocacy Handbook: Developing the Skills to Determine Your Own Future (2022)
    By: Barb Cook and Yenn Purkis 
     

  • Different, Not Less: A neurodivergent's guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after (2022)
    By: Chloé Hayden 
     

  • Unmasking Autism: The Power of Embracing Our Hidden Neurodiversity (2022)
    By: Devon Price
     

  • The Adult Autism Assessment Handbook: A Neurodiversity Affirmative Approach (2023)
    By: Davida Hartman, Tara O'Donnell-Killen, Jessica K. Doyle, Maeve Kavanagh, Anna Day, and Juliana Azevedo
     

  • We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation (2021)
    By: Eric Garcia
     

  • We're All Neurodiverse: How to Build a Neurodiversity-Affirming Future and Challenge Neuronormativity (2023)
    By: Sonny Jane Wise 
     

  • ​Autistic Thinking: How Autistic Brains Think, Learn, and Remember (2024)
    By: Dr. Alondra Rogers
     

  • Living with Intensity: Understanding the Sensitivity, Excitability, and Emotional Development of Gifted Children, Adolescents, and Adults (2009)
    By: Susan Daniels and Michael M. Piechowski
     

  • The Dyslexic Advantage (New Edition): Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain (2023)
    By: Brock L. Eide and Fernette F. Edie 

  • This is Dyslexia: The definitive guide to the untapped power of dyslexic thinking and its vital role in our future (2021)
    By: Kate Griggs
     

  • Living with Dyspraxia: A Guide for Adults with Developmental Dyspraxia (2006)
    By: Victoria Biggs, Mary Colley, and Amanda Kirby
     

  • PDA by PDAers: From Anxiety to Avoidance and Masking to Meltdowns (2018)
    By: Sally Cat

Neurodivergence

Academic References
  • The Neurodiversity Reader: Exploring concepts, lived experience and implications for practice (2020)
    By: Damian Milton
     

  • Neurodiversity-Affirming Psychotherapy: Clinical Pathways to Autistic Mental Health (2025)
    By: Ruth M. Strunz
     

  • A Therapist's Guide to Neurodiversity Affirming Practice with Children and Young People (2023)
    By: Raelene Dundon 

  • Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities (2021)
    By: Nick Walker
     

  • Neurodiversity for Dummies (2024)
    By: John Marble, Khushboo Chabria, and Ranga Jayaraman
     

  • Neurodiversity Studies: A New Critical Paradigm (2020)
    By: Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, Anna Stenning, and Nick Chown
     

  • ​NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity (2015)
    By: Steve Silberman
     

  • Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from the Frontline (2019)
    By: Steven K. Kapp 
     

  • The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies (2023)
    By: Damian Milton and Sara Ryan
     

  • Autism and Masking: How and Why People Do it, and the Impact it Can Have (2021)
    By: Felicity Sedgewick, Laura Hull, and Helen Ellis

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