BOOKS

BOOKS

When Things Get Too Loud: A Story About Sensory Overload

When the world feels like too much and can get overwhelming, Bo’s Feel-O-Meter skyrockets from a 1 to a 10. This story dives into a sensory overload experience, how it may feel, what may trigger it, and what may in turn help make it better. This book provides a visual guide of emotions and offers ideas to cope with overwhelming situations for parents and Autistic children. Click here to purchase this book through Amazon for $11.99.

Life Hacks for a Little Alien

The narrator of this book, a young girl, doesn’t seem to understand the world around her like other children do. One day, she stumbles upon a mysterious manuscript. She questions if there could be other children like her, that feel like they’re from another planet. This book dives deep into how it feels like growing up neurodivergent and shares insight on a “less-usual” experience of the world. Click here to purchase this book through Amazon for $19.80.

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

This book shares a one-of-a-kind memoir of how an Autistic mind thinks, perceives, feels, and responds in ways that the majority may not understand through the lens of a thirteen year old Autistic boy. Parents, caregivers, and or family members can gain an outlet to a better understanding of how their Autistic loved one may experience the world around them. Click here to purchase this book through Amazon for $10.73.

Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man’s Voice from the Silence of Autism

From the same author that wrote The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism, this book is written as he experiences adulthood as an Autistic adult. In his chapters, he shares his family relationships, school memories, his challenges with speech, and his love for traveling. Throughout the book, he aims to foster a greater understanding of Autism and to encourage society to perceive individuals with disabilities as people, not problems. Click here to purchase this book through Amazon for $16.16.

This page compiles books related to the Autistic experience from youth to adulthood mostly written by Autistic self-advocates.