Autism spectrum resource recommendations?

[ajodasso]

I've finally found the time to read this book, which I've had since August. I'm finding it engaging, informative, and the right balance of clinical / anecdotal, although the author definitely seems to have fairly rigid ideas about "girls on the autism spectrum are like X" and "boys on the autism spectrum are like Y" and rarely in twain the two

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[iamshadow]

I found Aspergirls very heteronormative and there were certain sentiments, attitudes and opinions expressed that I really wasn't fond of

[ajodasso]

Women From Another Planet? is one I haven't read but have read good reviews for. Loud Hands, Autistic People Speaking is by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) and is meant to be good, but some printings of it, the text block is hard to read.

Thank you. These few titles are next on my reading list, I think!

I recently submitted some work to Barking Sycamores, which is a magazine geared toward the work of neurodivergent writers. No Missing Pieces is not one I've encountered before, so I will check it out.

[iamshadow]

A couple I probably should have added yesterday, but didn't

[ajodasso]

I'm interested in moving on to the autobiographical next, to be honest, so these recs are especially appreciated <3

[ada_hoffmann]

I'm not very good at the "nonfiction books" side of things, but I want to second iamshadow's opinion of AspergirlsTo be fair to the author, there is some positive mention of relationship arrangements other than heterosexual monogamy, but every time she mention such things, she feels a need to reassure all the heteronormative parents who are reading. ("Some of us do X or Y and that's okay, but don't worry! Most of us are romantically normal!"). And there is other sexist stuff, like the framing of girls asking boys out as a social mistake

[ajodasso]

It's actually not a bad book for people who are new to the topic of how autism presents in women and girls, but you have to be able to read it with a filter in place.

Thank you for this caveat in particular. If I end up reading it, I'll make sure I'm wearing the proper goggles. As for Loud Hands, that is a title with which I'm not familiar, so I will seek it out.

[shehasathree]

I think Loud Hands is great, agree about Aspergirls (if you want an academic exploration of this topic then Jordynn Jack's Autism and Gender is pretty good). I found Temple Grandin's most recent book, The Autistic Brain better than previous ones, mostly because (although she doesn't go into it in heaps of detail) she acknowledges that the "autistic people think in pictures" dogma is wrong and has been harmful to those of us who are hyperverbal.

[ajodasso]

There is a book called Autism and Gender? Count me in *thumbs up*