Non-fiction literature
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A non-comprehensive list of non-fiction literature about autism and autistic people.
Please note that some of these contain offensive, outdated, or blatantly false information. As with everything on this wiki, inclusion does not equal endorsement.
| Year | Title | ISBN | Author(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | The Siege: The First Eight Years of an Autistic Child | 9780316690768 | Clara Claiborne Park | parent account |
| 1976 | Son Rise: The Miracle Continues | 9780915811618 | Barry Neil Kaufman | parent account |
| 1978 | In a summer garment: The experience of an autistic child | 9780436260551 | Ann Lovell | parent account |
| 1981 | A Miracle to Believe In | 9780449201084 | Barry Neil Kaufman | parent account |
| 1986 | Emergence: Labeled Autistic | 9780446671828 | Temple Grandin | autobiography |
| 1992 | Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary autobiography of an Autistic Girl | 9781853027185 | Donna Williams | autobiography |
| 1995 | An Anthropologist on Mars | 0679437851 | Oliver Sacks | |
| 1995 | Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism | 9780385477925 | Temple Grandin | autobiography |
| 2000 | Growing Up Severely Autistic: They Call Me Gabriel | 9781853028915 | Kate Rankin | parent account |
| 2001 | Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism | 9780316691246 | Clara Claiborne Park | parent account |
| 2002 | Van een andere planeet; autisme van binnen uit (From Another Planet: Autism from Within)[1] | 9789052406596 | Dominique Dumortier | autobiography |
| 2003 | The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain | 9780241961353 | Simon Baron-Cohen | pop science |
| 2003 | The Ride Together: A Brother and Sister's Memoir of Autism in the Family | 9780743423373 | Paul and Judy Karasik | sibling account |
| 2004 | Animals in Translation: Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior | 978-0156031448 | Temple Grandin | autobiography |
| 2004 | Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autism | 9781582343679 | Paul Collins | parent account |
| 2005 | A Boy Beyond Reach | Cheri Florance | parent account | |
| 2006 | Born on a Blue Day[2] | 9781416535072 | Daniel Temmet | autobiography |
| 2006 | Natural Genius: The Gift of Asperger's Syndrome | Susan Rubinyi | parent account | |
| 2006 | Send in the Idiots: Stories from the Other Side of Autism | 9781582346199 | Kamran Nazeer | anthology |
| 2006 | Strange Son: Two Mothers, Two Sons, and the Quest to Unlock the Hidden World of Autism | 9781573223119 | Portia Iversen | parent account, facilitated communication |
| 2007 | A Blessing and a Curse: Autism and Me | Caiseal Mór | autobiography | |
| 2007 | Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's[3][4] | 9780307395986 | John Elder Robison | autobiography |
| 2007 | Louder than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism | 9780525950110 | Jenny McCarthy | parent account |
| 2007 | Reasonable People: A Memoir of Autism and Adoption | Ralph James Savarese | parent account | |
| 2007 | The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism[5][6] | 9780812994865 | Naoki Higashida | autobiography |
| 2008 | A Real Boy: How Autism Shattered Our Lives and Made a Family from the Pieces[7][8] | 9781843172666 | Christopher Stevens, Nicola Stevens | parent account |
| 2008 | Mother Warriors: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds | Jenny McCarthy | parent account | |
| 2009 | Healing and Preventing Autism | 9780525951032 | Jenny McCarthy | parent account |
| 2009 | Parallel Play[9] | 9780767929691 | Tim Page | autobiography |
| 2011 | Am I Still Autistic?: How a Low-Functioning, Slightly Retarded Toddler Became the CEO of a Multi-Million Dollar Corporation[10] | 9780615504667 | John R. Hall | autobiography |
| 2012 | Boomer and Me: A Memoir of Motherhood, and Asperger's[11] | Jo Case | parent account | |
| 2012 | Dear Miss Landau | James Christie | autobiography | |
| 2012 | In de coulissen: leven met een autistisch gezin (In the Wings: Life with an Autistic Family)[12] | 9789460011696 | Lea Witvrouwen | parent account |
| 2012 | Syngja (Sing) | Lars Amund Vaage | parent account | |
| 2012 | i am intelligent: From Heartbreak to Healing: A Mother and Daughter's Journey through Autism | 9780762779253 | Peyton Goddard, Dianne Goddard, Carol Cujec | autobiography |
| 2013 | L'empereur, c'est moi : Une enfance en autisme[13] (I Am the Emperor: A Childhood in Autism) | 9782761939164 | Hugo Horiot | autobiography |
| 2013 | Louis, pas à pas (Louis, step by step) | 9782253173342 | Francis Perrin, Gersende Perrin | parent account |
| 2013 | Until I Say Good-Bye: My Year of Living with Joy | Susan Spencer-Wendel | parent account | |
| 2014 | A Different Kettle of Fish: A Day in the Life of a Physics Student with Autism | 9781849055321 | Michael Barton | autobiography |
| 2014 | Each Day I Like It Better: Autism, ECT, and the Treatment of Our Most Impaired Children | 9780826519764 | Amy S. F. Lutz | parent account |
| 2015 | Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism | 9780812997392 | Naoki Higashida | autobiography |
| 2015 | Just Add Water: A Surfing Savant's Journey with Asperger's | 9780544256217 | Clay Marzo, Robert Yehling | autobiography |
| 2015 | NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity | 9781583334676 | Steve Silberman | history of autism |
| 2015 | The Autistic Author and Animator: A mother's view of a daughter's triumph | 9780995311107 | Janet Walmsley | parent account |
| 2015 | Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism | 9781476776231 | Barry M. Prizant, Tom Fields-Meyer | |
| 2016 | In a Different Key: The Story of Autism[14] | John Donvan, Caren Zucker | history of autism | |
| 2016 | Josh's Big Year: From Deserts to Jungles, a battle with Asperger's[15] | 9780620735094 | Josh Crickmay | autobiography |
| 2017 | To Siri With Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of a Machine[16] | Judith Newman | parent account | |
| 2017 | Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World | Laura James | autobiography | |
| 2017 | Successful to Burnt Out: Experiences of Women on the Autism Spectrum | Karletta Abianac | anthology | |
| 2018 | Autistisch gelukkig: positief leven met autisme (Autistically happy: living positively with autism) | 978-9085750703 | Sam Peeters | |
| 2018 | Op mijn manier: (over)leven met autisme | Dominique Dumortier | autobiography | |
| 2019 | Communication Alternatives in Autism: Perspectives on Typing and Spelling Approaches for the Nonspeaking[17] | 9781476678917 | Edlyn Vallejo Peña | anthology, facilitated communication |
| 2019 | "That's Not Right!": My life living with Asperger's | 9781999621353 | Alex Manners | autobiography |
| 2019 | Uncomfortable Labels: My Life as a Gay Autistic Trans Woman | Laura Kate Dale | autobiography | |
| 2020 | "But You Said...?!": A Story of Confusion Caused By Growing Up as an Undiagnosed Autistic Person | 979-8567214725 | Emma Wishart | autobiography |
| 2020 | I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir[18] | Sarah Kurchak | autobiography | |
| 2020 | The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention[19] | 9781541647145 | Simon Baron-Cohen | autism science |
| 2020 | We Walk: Life with Severe Autism[20] | Amy S. F. Lutz | 9781501751394 | parent account |
| 2021 | Drama Queen: One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels | 9781472274366 | Sara Gibbs | autobiography |
| 2021 | From Hurt to Hope: Stories of Mental Health, Mental Illness and Being Autistic | 9781787755857 | Mair Elliott | anthology |
| 2021 | Hard Landings: Looking Into the Future for a Child With Autism[21] | 9780525539056 | Cammie McGovern | parent account |
| 2021 | Label Me: My Journey Towards an Autism Diagnosis [22] | Francesca Baird | autobiography | |
| 2021 | Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity | 9780807025680 | Sharon daVanport, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, Emily Paige Ballou | parenting resource |
| 2021 | Whore of New York: A Confession | 9781913462567 | Liara Roux | autobiography |
| 2023 | Chasing the Intact Mind: How the Severely Autistic and Intellectually Disabled Were Excluded from the Debates That Affect Them Most[23] | 9780197683842 | Amy S. F. Lutz | |
| 2023 | Strong Female Character | 9781914240447 | Fern Brady | autobiography |
References
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12244467-van-een-andere-planeet
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74812.Born_on_a_Blue_Day
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_Me_in_the_Eye
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/454856.Look_Me_in_the_Eye
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780812994865
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Reason_I_Jump
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3771586-a-real-boy
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/realboyhowautism0000stev
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_Play_(book)
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_I_Still_Autistic%3F
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15955257-boomer-and-me
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/indecoulissenlev0000witv
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%89tat,_c%27est_moi
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Different_Key
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59781943-josh-s-big-year-from-deserts-to-jungles
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30177646-to-siri-with-love
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45144267-communication-alternatives-in-autism
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53625200-i-overcame-my-autism-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-anxiety-disorder
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50358526-the-pattern-seekers
- ↑ https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/Amy-Lutz-book-counters-assumption-intact-mind
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56186371-hard-landings
- ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58840361-label-me
- ↑ https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/Amy-Lutz-book-counters-assumption-intact-mind