Books can play a big role in helping you and your child with Autism. You’ll find books can be a good way to connect with your children as they learn to share, make eye contact and it enhances their speech while reading one with their parents.
Here is a list of specially curated books related to Autism available on Kindle, Pdf version and paperback.
We would love to get recommendations from you on any useful books for children with Autism that are not in this list. You could write to us at contact@autismconnect.com
How Can I Talk If My Lips Don't Move?: Inside My Autistic Mind
An astounding new work by the author of The Mind Tree that offers a rare insight into the autistic mind and how it thinks, sees, and reacts to the world. When he was three years old, Tito was diagnosed as severely autistic, but his remarkable mother, Soma, determined that he would overcome the “problem” by teaching him to read and write. The result was that between the ages of eight and eleven he wrote stories and poems of exquisite beauty, which Dr. Oliver Sacks called “amazing and shocking.”
Kindle
Paperback
April 1, 2011
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
Paid for eBook
English
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Sarah Kurchak is autistic. She hasn’t let that get in the way of pursuing her dream to become a writer, or to find love, but she has let it get in the way of being in the same room with someone chewing food loudly, and of cleaning her bathroom sink. In I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder, Kurchak examines the Byzantine steps she took to become “an autistic success story,”
Kindle
Paperback
April 2, 2020
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Sensory: Life on the Spectrum: An Autistic Comics Anthology
From artist and curator Bex Ollerton comes an anthology featuring comics from thirty autistic creators about their experiences of living in a world that doesn’t always understand or accept them. Sensory: Life on the Spectrum contains illustrated explorations of everything from life pre-diagnosis to tips on how to explain autism to someone who isn't autistic,
Paperback
October 18, 2022
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Underestimated: An Autism Miracle (Children’s Health Defense)
In Underestimated: An Autism Miracle, Generation Rescue’s cofounder J.B. Handley and his teenage son Jamison tell the remarkable story of Jamison’s journey to find a method of communication that allowed him to show the world that he was a brilliant, wise, generous, and complex individual who had been misunderstood and underestimated by everyone in his life.
J. B. Handley and Jamison Handley
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Paperback
March 23, 2021
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Asperger(HFASD) - The Elusive Syndrome: An Applied Guide for Rehabilitating Adults and Adolescents With High Functioning Autism
A comprehensive guide that offers a unique and detailed rehabilitation program for adults with Asperger’s (ASD), who are diagnosed as high-functioning on the Autistic Spectrum.
Kindle
Paperback
November 24, 2019
Free for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Nathan's Autism Spectrum Superpowers (One Three Nine Inspired Book 1)
This book is a TOOL written by a mom/pediatric physical therapist to help kids, family, friends and caregivers understand Autism Spectrum and some of the struggles and superpowers associated with it.
Lori Yarborough and Natalie Merheb
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Paperback
October 9, 2018
Free for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Autism in Adulthood: A Guide to Diagnosis, Inner Acceptance and Prosperity
Adults that have been undiagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have mild symptoms. This was previously called Aspergers Syndrome but is now called ASD. Adults can struggle with social interactions and sensory overload but remain unaware. However, having some symptoms doesn't mean you have ASD but the only way to find out is through an ASD assessment.
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Paperback
June 21, 2018
Free for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
ABA Therapy for Nonverbal Toddlers: Developing Communication Skills for Kids with Autism
Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) can be beneficial to encourage communication for early childhood special needs children that are nonverbal, minimally verbal, or late talking toddlers. This book introduces errorless teaching that is used to teach preschool learning activities and concepts without errors or mistakes by the child.
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Paperback
December 17, 2021
Free for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English
Odd Girl Out: My Extraordinary Autistic Life
From childhood, Laura James knew she was different. She struggled to cope in a world that often made no sense to her, as though her brain had its own operating system. It wasn't until she reached her forties that she found out why: Suddenly and surprisingly, she was diagnosed with autism.
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Paperback
March 27, 2018
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
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Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, 3rd Edition: Revised and Updated
A child’s voice leads into each chapter, offering a one-of-a-kind exploration into how ten core characteristics of autism affect our children’s perceptions and reactions to the surrounding physical, sensory and social environments.
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Paperback
June 1, 2019
Paid for Kindle
Paid for Paperback
English