Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autism

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

Cowboy and Wills

Monica Holloway · 279 pages

Dancing with Max: A Mother and Son Who Broke Free

Emily Colson

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

Ron Miles · 246 pages

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.

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

Eustacia Cutler · 227 pages

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

John Elder Robison · 304 pages

Ever since he was small, John Robison had longed to connect with other people, but by the time he was a teenager, his odd habits--an inclination to blurt out non sequiturs, avoid eye contact, dismantle radios, and dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)--had earned him the label "social deviant." No guidance came from his mother, who conversed with light fixtures, or his father

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.

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

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

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

Judith Newman · 242 pages

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

George And Sam

Charlotte Moore · 296 pages

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

Patricia Stacey · 306 pages

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

Rupert Isaacson

Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's Love Story

Jerry Newport, Mary Newport, Johnny Dodd · 272 pages

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.

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

Emergence: Labeled Autistic

Temple Grandin, Margaret M. Scariano · 180 pages

"A true story that is both uniquely moving and exceptionally inspiring, Emergence is the first-hand account of a courageous autistic woman who beat the odds and cured herself. As a child, Temple Grandin was forced to leave her "normal" school and enroll in a school for autistic children. This searingly honest account captures the isolation and fears suffered by autistics and their families and the

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

This Is Not a Love Story

Judy Brown · 347 pages

The third of six children in a family that harks back to a gloried Hassidic dynasty, Judy Brown grew up with the legacy of centuries of religious teaching, and the faith and lore that sustained her people for generations. But her carefully constructed world begins to crumble when her "crazy" brother Nachum returns home after a year in Israel living with relatives. Though supposedly "cured," he is

The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

Naoki Higashida · 186 pages

Written by a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, this memoir demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know

Pretending to be Normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome

Liane Holliday Willey · 182 pages

Trapped: The Terrifying True Story of a Secret World of Abuse

Rosie Lewis · 293 pages

Phoebe, an autistic nine-year-old girl, is taken into police protection after a chance comment to one of her teachers alerts the authorities that all might not be what it seems in her comfortable, middle-class home. Experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis accepts the youngster as an emergency placement knowing that her autism will represent a challenge - not only for her but also for the rest of the