Autism Support

Please find below some resources to aid understanding and awareness of Autism.

If you would like to recommend a resources please do get in contact with me.

Documentaries

1. Channel Four’s documentary ‘Am I Autistic?’
Available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyHmHyxMLUM&t=135s

2. Christine and Paddy Mc Guinness: Our Family and Autism
Available: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00122vl

Social Media

1. A Dubai born autistic blogger – Behind the Smiles
Available: www.behindthesmiles.co.uk

2. There are lots of good Facebook groups too
Available: Autistic not Weird https://www.facebook.com/autisticnotweird

3. Follow accounts on Twitter using #actuallyautistic

4. TikTok Accounts: #actuallyautisitic

5. Instagram Accounts: @the.autisticats; @theautisticlife; @neurodifferent; @neurowild_

Books

1. All Cats are on the Autism Spectrum; Kathy Hoopman. Jessican Kingsley Publishers (2020)

2. Prizant, B (2016). Uniquely Human: A different way of seeing Autism, Simon & Schuster, US.

3. Silberman, S (2016). Neurotribes: The legacy of autism and the future of neurodiversity, Avery, US.

4. The NAS website has some useful information, resources, and links: http://www.autism.org.uk/about/communication

5. Nerenberg, J (2005). Divergent Mind: Thriving in a world that wasn’t designed for you, HarperOne, US.

6. Autism and Girls by Professor Barry Carpenter; available at https://www.amazon.co.uk/Girls-Autism-Educational-Personal-Perspectives/dp/0815377266