April is Autism Acceptance Month!
Formerly known as Autism Awareness Month, the name change represents a shift beyond just awareness to an active focus on respect, understanding, inclusion and empowerment.
Autism is a developmental disability that can affect the way individuals think, perceive the world, move, and socialize with others. It is always important to remember that each autistic person is different and that autism is a spectrum condition.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 36 children across all racial, social and ethnic backgrounds have been diagnosed with autism. Chances are that we all have someone in our lives that we know and love who is autistic.
In celebration of neurodiverse perspectives, here is a list featuring titles for all ages by autistic authors available at our library:
Picture Books
Bitsy Bat, School Star by Kaz Windness
Flap Your Hands: A Celebration of Stimming by Steve Asbell
Nope! Never! Not for Me! by Samantha Cotterill
Juvenile Fiction
Moonwalking by Zetta Elliott and Lyn Miller-Lachmann
A Kind of Spark by Elle McNicholl
Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse by Susan Vaught
Ellen Outside the Lines by A. J. Sass
Planet Earth is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos
Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit
Young Adult
At the End of Everything by Marieke Nijkamp
Daniel, Deconstructed by James Ramos
Tilly in Technicolor by Mazey Eddings
Adult
The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang
Fall Down 7 Times Get up 8 by Naoki Higashida
We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia
Visual Thinking by Temple Grandin
Sincerely, Your Autistic Child edited by Emily Paige Ballou, Sharon daVanport and Morénike Giwa Onaiwu
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