What Are Your 3 Favorite Autism/Aspergers Books, and Why?

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I'm writing an article for my blog readers, and would love your input!

A Field Guide to Earthlings: An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior by Ian Ford.
Most books only explain what autism is but how am i supposed to understand it when they don't explain what neurotypical is?
This book explains both neurotypical and autistic.


The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida.
A boy with severe autism explains how being him is, and the book helps me to understand better what it's like to have severe autism.

The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius.
Yeah why?
I guess because it's a very positive story written by a parent of a boy with autism.
I just loved to read the story of Jacob (and the other kids in the book).
And i think his mothers approach is great.

this. I really like the way it is written (short)...also helps me translate meanings.

Carly's Voice very impactful
Aspergirls It helped us really begin understanding my autism.

I *very* recently started reading "Be different" by John Elder Robison. So far so good.

Look Me In the Eye, Look Me In the Eye, and Look Me In the Eye, read it if you haven't.

This.

I hate reading with a passion, but I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

Wow!! ! That first one sounds genius! And the other two look great as well! Thanks so much for your input!

Thank you, Lumi! I had not heard of Carly's Voice. I had read Aspergirls in the past, but I need to re-read it.

Thank you I've read it twice.

Yup...read that one in 2013, worth reading again.

Autism and the Edges of the Known World: Sensitivities, Language, and Constructed Reality by Olga Bogdashina

I attended a conference with Olga, an insightful woman with an alternative view of autism/AS. And Olga has a great sense of humour too.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon. Because he uses his autism to solve an otherwise unsolvable mystery, plus advantageously applies it to mathematics.

A Painful Gift – The Journey of a Soul with Autism by Christopher Goodchild, because he is my friend.

And books by John Elder Robison, of course! And Tony Attwood is a gold standard. Many thanks to Olga Frith, you might check out journal article The Beautiful Otherness of the Autistic Mind, Happe & Frith, 2009.
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0009

Nobody Nowhere - Donna Williams.

Women From Another Planet - Jean Kearns Miller.

Parenting Girls on the Autism Spectrum: Overcoming the Challenges and Celebrating the Gifts - Eileen Riley-Hall.

Thanks so much! I've read the Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night. And Look Me in the Eye and Be Different. But I haven't read Olga's article (is it free online?), or Autism and the Edges of the World.

I appreciate this list, because I'm going to use it to develop my reading list for the next couple of years!

I read Nobody Nowhere- it was powerful.
Haven't read the next two, though....will add them to my list!

You're welcome, and here is the journal article (Happe & Frith, 2009): http://rstb.royalsocietypublishing.org/ ... 5.full.pdf

Professor Dame Uta Frith was the PhD supervisor of both Tony Attwood and Simon Baron-Cohen (University College, London). Hans Asperger spoke and wrote only German. After his death, Uta, who is firstly German/Austrian, translated his work by her own hand. I attended Uta's conference in London (British Neuroscience Association) and she is remarkable, and so kind. Her husband is Christopher Frith, whom you ought to know of since you are a counselor. Uta actually helped advise me when I began my own PhD a few years ago - she is very personable.

Next, here is Olga Bogdashina - she is affiliated with University of Birmingham, originally from Siberia. Her take on autism/AS is unconventional:

Thanks so much to all of you, and thanks, LabPet, for sharing the link to the video and the article!! !