A Better Understanding

Many of us will work with and support children and young adults with autism over the course of our career. The National Autistic Society are saying that currently 1 in 100 people have autism. We can never understand what it is like for each individual, but reading personal accounts help us to gain a little more empathy and challenge some of our thinking.

Here are a few that we have read.

1. Freak, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome by Luke Jackson

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Freaks-Geeks-Asperger-Syndrome-Adolescence-ebook/dp/B00D5YACQU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1497270980&sr=8-2&keywords=freaks+geeks+and+aspergers+syndrome

2. Asperger's Syndrome and Anxiety by Alis Rowe

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Aspergers-Syndrome-Anxiety-Visual-Guides/dp/150554825X/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1497271058&sr=8-6&keywords=the+girl+with+the+curly+hair

3. The Autistic Brain by Temple Grandin

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Autistic-Brain-Temple-Grandin/dp/1846044499/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497271126&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=temple+gradnin

4. The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida and David Mitchell

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Reason-Jump-voice-silence-autism/dp/1444776770/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497271169&sr=8-1&keywords=the+reason+i+jump

5. The Independent Woman’s Handbook for Super Safe Living on the Autistic Spectrum by Robyn Steward

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Independent-Womans-Handbook-Autistic-Spectrum/dp/1849053995/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497271229&sr=8-1&keywords=robyn+steward