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General Information

  • The Complete Guide to Aspergers Syndrome By Tony Attwood
  • Aspergers on the Job By Rudy Simone
  • NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity By Steve Silberman
  • Asperger’s Syndrome and Anxiety: A Guide to Successful Stress Management By Nick Dubin
  • Saving your Child, Saving Yourself – Navigating Roadblocks in Managing ADHD, Asperger’s, and Learning Disabilities By Carol A. McMullen
  • New Ways of Understanding Autism By Brigitte Harrisson & Lise St-Charles with Kim Thuy
  • Super Nourishment (for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder) By Angelette Müller

Personal Accounts

  • Pretending to be Normal By Liane Holliday-Willey
  • The Asperkid’s (Secret) Guide to Social Rules By Jennifer Cook O’Toole
  • The Reason I Jump By Naoki Higashida
  • Look Me In the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s By John Elder Robison
  • Thinking in Pictures By Temple Grandin
  • Different, Not Less (forward by Temple Grandin) – essay compilation
  • Been there, Done that, Try this Edited by Tony Attwood, Craig R. Evans and Anita Lesko – essay compilation
  • Be Different by John Elder Robison

Accounts by loved ones

  • The Spark: A Mother’s Story of Nurturing, Genius, and Autism By Kristine Barnett
  • Alone Together: Making an Asperger Marriage Work By Katrin Bentley 
  • Asperkids By Jennifer O’Toole