Recommended resources

Books on supporting autistic adults

Dr. Luke Beardon (2017) Autism in adults

Books for autistic adults

Dr Luke Beardon (2023) What works for autistic adults

Barb Cook and Dr. Michelle Garnett (editors) (2018) Spectrum women: walking to the beat of autism

Sarah Hendrickx (2023) Women and girls on the autism spectrum

Books on supporting autistic young people

Dr. Luke Beardon (2022) What works for autistic children

Helen Clarke (2022) Supporting spectacular girls: a practical guide to developing girls’ well-being and self-esteem

Books on neurodiversity, and books about autism from a neurodiversity perspective

Dr. Steven K. Kapp (editor) (2020) Autistic community and the neurodiversity movement: stories from the frontline

Dr. Damian Milton (editor) (2020) The neurodiversity reader: exploring concepts, lived experience and implications for practice

Dr. Nick Walker (2021) Neuroqueer Heresies: notes on the neurodiversity paradigm, autistic empowerment, and postnormal possibilities

Dr Rebecca Wood (2022) Learning From Autistic Teachers: How to Be a Neurodiversity-Inclusive School

Dr. Melanie Yergeau (2018) Authoring autism: on rhetoric and neurological queerness

Quick reads (the titles are linked)

Rebecca Burgess Understanding the spectrum

Catherine Crompton, Kilee DeBrabander, Brett Heasman, Damian Milton & Noah Sasson The double empathy problem

Sonny Hallett More questions answered

Fergus Murray Understanding autism

Reports (the titles are linked)

British Standards InstituteDesign for the Mind. Neurodiversity & the Built Environment – PAS 6463” (2022)

National Development Team for InclusionSupporting autistic flourishing at home and
beyond: Considering and meeting the sensory needs of autistic people in housing
” (2020).

National Development Team for InclusionIt’s Not Rocket Science: considering and meeting the sensory needs of autistic children and young people in CAMHS inpatient services” (2020).

National Autism Implementation Team “Beyond Accommodations: Supporting autistic professionals in education. Practice based guide for employers and employees.” (2024)

Videos (the titles are linked)

Jac den Houting Why everything you know about autism is wrong.

Websites (the site names are linked)

Epic Autism Resources

Learn from Autistics

Monotropism

Sensory Street

Universal Design