Here’s a list of resources in support of autistic people. These autistic resources are compiled by authors and by advocates in the community. This should not be considered a comprehensive list of autistic resources.
To directly support and help empower autistic people and their families, please consider donating to the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network or the Asperger/Autism Network. These two organizations are also referenced in the backpages of the novel The Eagle Tree.
First Person Nonfiction
(for autistic people, by autistic people)
| The Reason I Jump — by Naoki Higashida
Pretending to Be Normal — Liane Holliday Willey Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s — John Elder Robison Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate: A User Guide to an Asperger Life — Cynthia Kim A Field Guide to Earthlings: An Autistic/Asperger View of Neurotypical Behavior — Ian Ford No You Don’t: Essays from an Unstrange Mind — Sparrow Rose Jones Blazing My Trail: Living and Thriving with Autism — Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg Understanding Autism for Dummies — Stephen M. Shore |
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Novels with Autistic Narrators
(not written by autistic people, and only one perspective on the possible experience)
Resources and Self-Advocacy
(mostly by autistic people, for autistic people and people who love them)
Ask and Tell: Self Advocacy for People on the Autism Spectrum — edited by Stephen Shore, Liane Holliday Willey, Phil Schwarz, Roger Meyer, Kassiane Sibley, and Ruth Elaine Joyner Hane
Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking — edited by Julia Bascom
Following Ezra — Tom Fields-Meyer
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity — Steve Silberman
Typed Words, Loud Voices — edited by Amy Sequenzia, Elizabeth Grace, and Melanie Yergeau
The Independent Woman’s Handbook for Super Safe Living on the Autism Spectrum — Robyn Steward
Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy Written for Autistic Students from Autistic Adults — edited by the Autistic Self-Advocacy Network
Developing Talents: Careers For Individuals With Asperger Syndrome and High-functioning Autism
by Temple Grandin and Kate Duffy
And Straight on Till Morning: Essays on Autism Acceptance — edited by Julia Bascom
Temple Grandin: How the Girl Who Loved Cows Embraced Autism and Changed the World — Sy Montgomery
NOTE that many of these autistic resources are also listed on Steve Silberman’s Resources page for NeuroTribes.
THE EAGLE TREE by Ned Hayes, is now available in print, e-book and audiobook.
> All about the story & history of THE EAGLE TREE
> Book Club Guide and Discussion Questions for THE EAGLE TREE
> Resources for autistic people about topics in THE EAGLE TREE
> Book Trailer for THE EAGLE TREE
> Endorsements for THE EAGLE TREE
> Listen to a Reading of the book at the Rainier Writing Workshop
> THE EAGLE TREE is now available for purchase – print, e-book and audiobook
