⛵️ I have found books to be spaces in which to go on a journey, dip into the experience, figure it out together with a guide whose voice stays with you (that, also, is a type of connection) and come out transformed. Currently with a focus on autism, and ADHD; and on contemporary books merging strategies / general insights and lived experience.
Here are a few personal favourites 🌟 + find a more complete book list down below (and here in this Instagrams-post by @neurodivergent_lou are more suggestions at one glance).
[ this list will feature books communicating neurodivergence as such, beyond say a focus on “only” autism or ADHD ]
📖 Unmasked — the ultimate guide to ADHD, autism and neurodivergence (Ellie Middleton) — this is basic but very helpful to dive in if it’s one of the first books you read or want a bigger perspective
📖 We’re all neurodiverse (Sonny Jane Wise)
Let us know what yours are!
📖 Unmasking Autism — The Power of Embracing our Hidden Neurodiversity (Devon Prince)
📖 The Autistic Brain — Exploring the Strength of a Different Kind of Mind (Temple Grandin) - no opinion about this book yet, it’s a classic
📖 ADHD, an A-Z, Figuring it Out Step by Step (Leanne Maskell) (she has also written ADHD Works At Work, which I haven’t checked yet)
đź“– AuDHD: Blooming Differently (Leanne Maskell)
📖 The Electricity of Every Living Thing — A Woman’s Walk in the Wild to Find Her Way Home (Katherine May)
đź“– Girl Unmasked: How uncovering my autism saved my life (Emily Katy)
to be expanded