Adulthood
Autistic adults need continuing support to be successful and lead meaningful lives. This selection of resources looks at issues pertaining to adulthood such as late diagnosis, mental health issues, independent living, and well-being.
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Sensory Issues for Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder
This practical guide explains to adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) how they can begin to overcome their sensory issues. The book explains how the senses work and how to create a personalized plan for coping with sensory difficulties that affect routines and relationships, whether at home, work, in educational settings or in public spaces.
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Shake It Up! How to Be Young, Autistic, and Make an Impact
This inspiring book by autistic blogger Quincy Hansen encourages autistic teens to find their voice and make a difference in the world around them. Featuring interviews with young autistic change-makers and addressing issues like self-image, harmful stereotypes and communication barriers, Shake It Up! aims to build readers’ confidence, and inspire them to take action to change the world to be a better place.
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Social Context and Self-Management: A System for Clarifying Social Information for Adolescents and Adults
Social Context and Self-Management: A System for Clarifying Social Information for Adolescents and Adults uses scales as a way of explaining social and emotional concepts to someone who might struggle with such information, but have a relative strength in understanding systems.
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Spectrum Women – Walking to the Beat of Autism
Barb Cook and 14 other autistic women describe life from a female autistic perspective, and present empowering, helpful and supportive insights from their personal experience for fellow autistic women. Michelle Garnett’s comments validate and expand the experiences described from a clinician’s perspective, and provide extensive recommendations.
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Stuff You Need to Know: A Guide for Young Adults with Autism
Is your child with autism getting ready to live on their own? Stuff You Need to Know is a guide to help kids and young adults with autism learn the most basic skills to achieve independence.
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Successful Social Articles into Adulthood
The first book on using Social Stories™ with young adults focuses on developing a social understanding around some of the most common issues faced by autistic young adults, including applying for a job, looking after physical and mental health, and staying safe in a new home.
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The Unmasking Workbook for Autistic Adults – Neurodiversity-Affirming Skills to Help You Live Authentically, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive
If you grew up before the neurodiversity movement, chances are you were taught at an early age that your autistic traits were “wrong” or “bad.” Whether it was stimming, difficulties with making small talk, avoiding eye contact, sensitivities to loud sounds or certain textures, or even talking passionately about the things you care about-somewhere along the way you learned to mask these aspects of yourself to better fit in, avoid bullying from other kids, and in some cases to even gain the love of your own parents. The problem is that, over time, masking can lead to higher levels of stress, burnout, emotional dysregulation, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, and depression. So how can you be your authentic self and still succeed and thrive in a neurotypical world?
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Unmasking Autism – Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
A deep dive into the spectrum of Autistic experience and the phenomenon of masked autism, giving individuals the tools to safely uncover their true selves while broadening society’s narrow understanding of neurodiversity.
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