I started reading about teenagers with autism to help me understand my 14-year-old granddaughter, who has autism. I had not read much since she was diagnosed at the age of two. The following books were informative and interesting.
Autism in Heels: The Untold story of Female life on the Spectrum by Jennifer Cook O'Toole, published 2018. The author's husband and two children have high-functioning autism, formerly called Asperger's. She was also diagnosed with the same in her thirties. Previously, she wrote a book in 2012 that has become very popular: The Asperkid's Secret Book of Social Rules, which helps kids on the spectrum to learn social cues. Autism in Heels was well written and gave me many insights about how women/girls with autism can be overlooked, especially those with anorexia.
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price, published 2022. The author is a high-functioning autistic. He definitely puts a new face on autism by emphasizing the gifts that autistic persons bring to our society and the challenges they face as they enter the work world. He opened my mind to accept more neurodiversity in our world and see autism as a gift rather than an abnormality. The title refers to the fact that autistic persons feel they need to hide parts of their personality to "fit in."
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