To Siri With Love: A Mother, Her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of a Machine

Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism

Jenny McCarthy · 213 pages

The remarkable story of one mother's fight to 'heal' her autistic son.On the morning Jenny McCarthy discovered her two-year-old son Evan having a seizure, her life turned upside down. From being the mother of an average toddler she was suddenly thrown into a world of turmoil. As doctor after doctor misdiagnosed his symptoms, Evan suffered many harrowing, life-threatening episodes. Then, one amazin

Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian

John Elder Robison · 304 pages

In his bestselling memoir, *Look Me in the Eye*, John Elder Robison wrote with honesty and dry wit about growing up with Asperger’s syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn’t exist. By the time he was diagnosed at age forty, John had already developed a myriad of coping strategies that helped him achieve a seemingly normal, even highly successful, life. Now, in *Be Different*, he shares persona

Following Ezra: What One Father Learned About Gumby, Otters, Autism, and Love From His Extraordinary Son

Tom Fields-Meyer · 241 pages

"A heartwarming and hopeful memoir of a father's experience raising his autistic son. When his son Ezra was diagnosed with autism, Tom Fields-Meyer knew little about parenting and even less about neurological disorders. This intimate memoir chronicles his remarkable experiences of learning and growth from the time Ezra was diagnosed at age three to his bar mitzvah at thirteen. In that time, Ezra

Carly's Voice: Breaking Through Autism

Arthur Fleischmann, Carly Fleischmann · 391 pages

The father of a child who was diagnosed as autistic at the age of two describes the intensive therapies that were pursued before Carly had a breakthrough at the age of ten, when she began using her computer to communicate.

All I Can Handle: I'm No Mother Teresa: A Life Raising Three Daughters with Autism

Kim Stagliano · 200 pages

Kim Stagliano's electrifying and hilarious memoir of her family's journey raising three daughters with autism. In these stories, Stagliano has joined the ranks of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs with her ability to lay everything on the table--from family, friends, and enemies to basement floods to birthdays to (possible) heroin addictions--eviscerating and celebrating the absurd. From her lo

The Horse Boy: A Father's Quest to Heal His Son

Rupert Isaacson

Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism

Ron Suskind · 358 pages

"Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of color. A fantasy? A nightmare? This is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn't speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a

George And Sam

Charlotte Moore · 296 pages

The Spark: A Mother's Story of Nurturing Genius

Kristine Barnett · 250 pages

The mother of an autistic child who was eventually recognized as a genius recounts her rejection of conventional advice from developmental experts and shares the strategies she utilized for tapping her son's potential.

Cowboy and Wills

Monica Holloway · 279 pages

Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin's Mother Tells the Family Story

Eustacia Cutler · 227 pages

3500: An Autistic Boy's Ten-Year Romance with Snow White

Ron Miles · 246 pages

Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autism

Paul Collins · 256 pages

The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism & Asperger's

Temple Grandin · 299 pages

Dr. Temple Grandin gets to the REAL issues of autism--the ones parents, teachers, and individuals on the spectrum face every day. Temple offers helpful dos and don'ts, practical strategies, and try-it-now tips, all based on her insider perspective and a great deal of research. These are just some of the specific topics she delves into: how and why people with autism think differently, economical e

Dancing with Max: A Mother and Son Who Broke Free

Emily Colson

The Boy Who Loved Windows: Opening The Heart And Mind Of A Child Threatened With Autism

Patricia Stacey · 306 pages

Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity

Andrew Solomon · 721 pages

Solomon’s startling proposition in *Far from the Tree* is that being exceptional is at the core of the human condition—that difference is what unites us. He writes about families coping with deafness, dwarfism, Down's syndrome, autism, schizophrenia, or multiple severe disabilities; with children who are prodigies, who are conceived in rape, who become criminals, and who are transgender. While eac

Asperger's and Girls: World-Renowned Experts Join Those with Asperger's Syndrome to Resolve Issues That Girls and Women Face Every Day!

Tony Attwood, Temple Grandin, Teresa Bolick, Catherine Faherty, Lisa Iland, Jennifer McIlwee Myers, Ruth Snyder, Sheila Wagner, Mary Wroble · 152 pages

The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome

Tony Attwood · 398 pages

The Journal of Best Practices: A Memoir of Marriage, Asperger Syndrome, and One Man's Quest to Be a Better Husband

David Finch · 224 pages

At some point in nearly every marriage, a wife finds herself asking, What the ... is wrong with my husband?! In the author's case, this turns out to be an apt question. Five years after he married Kristen, the love of his life, they learn that he has Asperger syndrome. The diagnosis explains his ever-growing list of quirks and compulsions, his lifelong propensity to quack and otherwise melt down i

By the Iowa Sea: A Memoir of Disaster and Love

Joe Blair · 280 pages

Recounts the author's transformation from an idealistic, freedom-loving youth to a jaded and financially struggling father of four and how a catastrophic flood helped him to reconnect with the faith and courage of his childhood.

How Can I Talk If My Lips Don't Move: Inside My Autistic Mind

Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay · 239 pages

Twirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed: Growing Up With Undiagnosed Autism

Jeannie Davide-Rivera

1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism or Asperger's

Ellen Notbohm, Veronica Zysk · 364 pages

Contains 1001 suggestions for meeting the challenges faced by children with autism spectrum disorders, covering sensory integration, communication, language, daily living, social issues, behavior, and education.