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Many of the books and shows listed below have been recommended by members of our Facebook group. Please check any content all the way through first before showing it to your young person:

 

Non-Fiction Books:

• The Awesome Autistic Go-To Guide: A practical handbook for autistic teens and tweens – Yenn Purkis and Tanya Masterman 

• The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide: How to grow up awesome and autistic and The Spectrum Girl's Survival Toolkit: The workbook for autistic girls - Siena Castellon

• The Secret Life of Rose: Inside an autistic head - Rose and Jodie Smitten

• A Different Sort of Normal - Abigail Balfe

• Different, not Less: A neurodivergent's guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after - Chloé Hayden

• A perfectly weird guide to being perfectly you: Growing up Autistic and happy - Camilla Pang

• The Reason I Jump – Naoki Higashida

• Unmasked: the ultimate guide to ADHD, autism and neurodivergence – Ellie Middleton

• Aspergirls – Rudy Simone

• The abilities in me: Autism - Gemma Keir

• Through the eyes of me (and sequel) - Jon Roberts

• Wonderfully wired brains: An introduction to the world of neurodiversity - Louise Gooding and Ruth Burrows

• The Autism-friendly guide to periods - Robyn Steward

 

Fiction books:

• Can You See Me? (and sequels) - Libby Scott

• A Kind of Spark (and other books) – Elle McNicoll

• Geek Girl (and sequels) – Holly Smale

• The extraordinary adventures of Alice Tonks - Emily Kenny

• Kiki Kallira breaks a kingdom (and sequels) - Sangu Mandanna

• Boy Underground - Isabelle Marinov

• Frankie's World (and other books) - Aiofe Dooley

• The boy with the butterfly mind - Victoria Williamson

• The Infinite (and other books in the Leap Cycle) - Patience Agbabi

• Underdogs (and sequels) – Chris Bonnello  (for older readers who might enjoy The Hunger Games type of fiction)

• The London Eye Mystery (and sequel) - Siobhan Dowd

• Sky Song (and other books) - Abi Elphinstone

• When the Sky Falls - Phil Earle

• Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief (and sequels) - Rick Riordan

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TV drama:

• A Kind of Spark – BBC

• Geek Girl – Netflix

• Pablo – BBC

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​If you know of other great books or resources by neurodivergent people that you think should be on this page, please drop us a line at hello@neondaisy.org.uk ​