Women and Girls
Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder, or Asperger’s, have been an under-served population, and have particular issues and challenges specific to their gender. This section deals with everything from managing puberty and periods to how to handle basic teenage issues. Great for parents, teachers, and kids alike.
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The Autists – Women on the Spectrum
An incisive and deeply candid account that explores autistic women in culture, myth, and society through the prism of the author’s own diagnosis.
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The Care & Keeping of You: The Body Book for Girls 1
Informative and age-appropriate, this full-color guide answers all the questions preteen girls have about their bodies.
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The Care and Keeping of You 2: The Body Book for Older Girls
This thoughtful advice book will guide girls through the next steps of growing up. Written by Dr. Cara Natterson for girls 10 and up, The Care & Keeping of You 2 follows up the original bestseller with even more-in-depth details about the physical and emotional changes girls are going through.
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The Feelings Book: The Care & Keeping of Your Emotions
This companion to “The Care and Keeping of You” helps girls understand their emotions and deal with them.
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The Growing Up Guide for Girls – What Girls on the Autism Spectrum Need to Know!
This charmingly illustrated guide for girls is full of facts and advice about growing up, puberty, body image, friendship, crushes and more! Written in literal language and addressing sensory issues, safety, and social skills throughout, it offers an ideal introduction to the teenage years for girls with autism aged 9 to 14.
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The Spectrum Girl’s Survival Guide – How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic
The ultimate advice guide for autistic teenage girls, written by an award-winning autistic teen campaigner. With practical tips on friendships, dating, mental health, bullying and school life to help you overcome any challenge.
$28.95Product Details »In stock
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Things Ellie Likes – A book about sexuality and masturbation for girls and young women with autism and related conditions
A simple picture book to teach girls and young women with autism or other special needs about masturbation and when and where it is appropriate. It also helps to introduce the concepts of public and private and to establish ground rules.
$24.95Product Details »In stock
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Thinking In Pictures and Other Reports from My Life with Autism – 25th Anniversary Edition
Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States.
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Under the Radar – An Essential Guide to Autism and Girls
This straightforward, one-stop guide introduces you to the differing presentations of autism that are common in girls, but also explores why referring to ‘male’ and ‘female’ autism is too reductive. Describing why some autistic girls’ needs are identified late or not at all, looking at friendships and relationships, education, mental health and puberty, this concise, easy-to-understand and informative book draws on both lived experience and research to offer a popular science overview of this important topic.
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Understanding ADHD in Girls and Women
The symptoms of ADHD are no less impairing in females than males, but can be missed or misunderstood. This book arms professionals, parents, and women themselves as it maps out where to go for information, who can help and how to understand ADHD better
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What Is Menopause? A Guide for People with Autism, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
This carefully written and explicitly illustrated book provides an explanation of menopause for people with autism and special education needs and disabilities (SEND). It helps readers to understand the physical processes and symptoms of menopause, as well as important practical information, such as how to cope with the emotional and hormonal changes in menopause, complementary therapies and tips on how to effectively communicate your experiences to support networks and professionals such as, doctors and therapists.
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What’s Happening to Ellie?
This simple picture book follows Ellie as she begins puberty. Designed to be read with girls with autism or other special needs, it provides the perfect starting point for parents and carers to discuss changes including new hair growth and menstruation.
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Why Can’t You Hear Me? Our Autistic Daughter’s Struggle to Be Understood
Andy and Amanda McCulloch tell the story of their daughter’s life and untimely death: the years in which her autism went undiagnosed, her lifelong battle with eating disorders and the lack of support for her complex needs. The book is interspersed with Colette’s own vivid and eloquent writing, her poetry and prose articulating her experiences grappling with a world forever at odds with her.
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Women and Girls on the Autism Spectrum, Second Edition – Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age
The difference that being female makes to the diagnosis, life and experiences of an autistic person is hugely significant. In this widely expanded second edition, Sarah Hendrickx combines the latest research with personal stories from girls and women on the autism spectrum to present a picture of their feelings, thoughts and experiences at each stage of their lives.
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Working with Girls and Young Women with an Autism Spectrum Condition – A Practical Guide for Clinicians
This concise, practical guide shows how to enable girls and young women with ASD to reach their full potential, by adopting more individualized approaches. Drawing on clinical experience and clients’ testimonies, it covers diagnosis, comorbidities, sensory issues, self-harm, emotional regulation, assessments, interventions and strategies.
$41.95Product Details »