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10 Useful Books on Autism for Teachers

August 14, 2017
Here is a collection of some popular books on autism. Get to explore the autistic world from multiple perspectives and learn more about the inner emotional life of autistic individuals. Some of these books are first-hand stories and autobiographies of people dealing with autism and how they managed to positively shape their life and the life of those around them. (See links below).
10 Great Books on Autism for Teachers and Parents

1- Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s, by John Elder Robison 


2- Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism,  by Jenny McCarthy

‘ Louder Than Words follows Jenny as she discovered an intense combination of behavioral therapy, diet, and supplements that became the key to saving Evan from autism. Her story sheds much-needed light on autism through her own heartbreak, struggle, and ultimately hopeful example of how a parent can shape a child's life and happiness.’

3- NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, by Steve Silberman (author),  Oliver Sacks (Foreword)


4- Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism , by Temple Grandin  (Author), Oliver Sacks (Foreword)


5- The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum, by Temple Grandin  (Author), Richard Panek


6- Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism's Silent Prison , by Ido Kedar  (Author)

‘Ido in Autismland opens a window into non-verbal autism through dozens of short, autobiographical essays each offering new insights into autism symptoms, effective and ineffective treatments and the inner emotional life of a severely autistic boy. In his pithy essays, author Ido Kedar, a brilliant sixteen year old with autism, challenges what he believes are misconceptions in many theories that dominate autism treatment today while he simultaneously chronicles his personal growth in his struggles to overcome his limitations.’

7- Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism, by Barry M. Prizant 


8- How Can I Talk If My Lips Don't Move?: Inside My Autistic Mind, by Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay

‘An astounding new work by the author of The Mind Tree that offers a rare insight into the autistic mind and how it thinks, sees, and reacts to the world. When he was three years old, Tito was diagnosed as severely autistic, but his remarkable mother, Soma, determined that he would overcome the “problem” by teaching him to read and write. The result was that between the ages of eight and eleven he wrote stories and poems of exquisite beauty, which Dr. Oliver Sacks called “amazing and shocking.” Their eloquence gave lie to all our assumptions about autism.’

9- In a Different Key: The Story of Autism

‘Nearly seventy-five years ago, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi, became the first child diagnosed with autism. Beginning with his family’s odyssey, In a Different Key tells the extraordinary story of this often misunderstood condition, and of the civil rights battles waged by the families of those who have it. Unfolding over decades, it is a beautifully rendered history of ordinary people determined to secure a place in the world for those with autism’

10- Life with an Autistic Son, by B's Dad

‘This book is for anyone starting out on a pathway with their child that they did not expect. It’s also for people who, like me, are a little further down that road but still learning, still asking questions and still getting it wrong sometimes. You are not alone.’