Books about autism or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors — published September 2025! 🧵 #AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky

Sad girl hours by Anna Zoe Quirke was released at the beginning of September (autistic main character and autistic author).

Books about autism or with Autistic main characters, written by Autistic authors — published September 2025! 🧵 #AutismBooks #AutisticAuthor #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #BookSky

@drippingwithenby.bsky.social I am neither neurodiverse nor nonbinary/transgender, but persons very close to my heart are. I found this book to be deeply illuminating across these topics, & others; I learned so much. Much of what you said about your experience resonated.

Today is Non-Speaking Awareness Day. Non-speaking ≠ non-thinking. Speech is not the only valid form of communication. Too many are silenced by ableism, not by their disabilities. Let’s respect all forms of communication 🤍🫶🏽

Thank you to El Dewar for this lovely review of my book University: The Autistic Guide! www.ocelotconsulting.co.uk/blog For those heading off to university, you can buy my book here: pavpub.com/health-and-s... #Autism #University #FreshersWeek #Freshers

22 years since I sought closure for friends long since lost touch with, envisioning a fictional escape from family violence for them, full of action, friendship, adventure and monsters; Walking the Knife's Edge is out today! Direct: payhip.com/b/IcyAG All 🔗 elisecarlson.com/sythe-series/ ♠️🌈📚🪐📚💙

Thanks! For every book sold RJ is donating to GATE and @autisticadvocacy.org – more on the exciting partnership with @gateorg.bsky.social coming SOON! rjhuneke.com/ants-waking/ For readers of #fantasy, Ants Waking is a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ visceral magical realism tale #booksky #trans #autistic #SFF #AuDHD

Check Your Connection: Character in YA literature, a guest post by Susan Metallo teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2025/09/05/c... @tltkaren.bsky.social @metallowrites.bsky.social

BOOK RECOMMENDATION CALL: My daughter's starting to ask a lot of questions about what it means to be autistic, so we think she might get something out of a book that explains what autism is in some detail. The problem is that literally all books about this are terrible.

Here's a wonderful picture book about a day in the life of an autistic child who uses a tablet (AAC) to communicate. Watch this short interview with the author @fidgetsandfries.bsky.social and pre-order the book, or request it from your library. #books #autism #diversity #inclusion

We need to talk about #autism right now, amiright? Representation in #mystery #books written by an #autistic author seems a good start. Join us! www.sju.edu/kinney/kinne...

@auroraconsulting.bsky.social, Felicty Goodhall & I created a FREE book. Words: Inspired by the experience of being monotropic Ipseity is a beautiful word. It’s the quality of being oneself and embracing individuality, of what makes us unique. Download here: autisticrealms.com/words-inspir...

Exciting news! The final manuscript of our collective book has now been submitted and will be published in the spring- jeep an eye out for pre-ordering soon. Thanks to our editor Claire Westwood for pulling us all together for this amazing book. www.jr-press.co.uk/product/brea...

Hooray!!! SOMEONE LIKE ME is out in the UK!! Thank you Verve for filming the IRL launch at Lighthouse starring two of our amazing new contributors @fergus.oolong.co.uk and @juliefarrell.bsky.social !!

All of this, but esp.: "appropriate supports for ALL autistic people, incl. those with intellectual disability and other co-occuring conditions." Just thinking about the autistics who can't get on social media and advocate for themselves; they're not burdens either and they need support.

If you’ve been eyeing up Young Autistic and ADHD, now’s your chance to grab a copy!

Jessica Kingsley Publishers is kindly offering a 20% discount across all books on their UK and US websites. If you're looking to learn more about autism, this is a great time! Discount Code: AUTAUT20 UK: uk.jkp.com US: us.jkp.com #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #BookSky

Jessica Kingsley Publishers is kindly offering a 20% discount across all books on their UK and US websites. If you're looking to learn more about autism, this is a great time! Discount Code: AUTAUT20 UK: uk.jkp.com US: us.jkp.com #Autism #Autistic #ActuallyAutistic #Neurodiversity #BookSky

Friendly reminder that when folks say that you "have" to follow specific writing advice, you do not, in fact, have to. What they are sharing is what works for them, and while it might be useful, there is no one way to get your writing out into the world. Do what works for you. #WritingCommunity

If my writing about autism does anything, whether it be in my books, my columns or my reported stories, I hope it advances the idea that autistic people are whole human beings as they are with legitimate needs and inner lives that deserve to be told the same as other stories.

Derek’s been a constant support over the years in my disability advocacy and author life. They are a professor at Trent University and a multiple Prix Aurora Award–winning creative for their digital humanities hub, Speculating Canada. I’m thrilled they wrote the foreword for my collection! #SFF 1/2

For no reason in particular at ALL, I would like to suggest people check out my award-winning book MOON DUST IN MY HAIRNET about an autistic lunar lunch lady and her cohort of neurodivergent friends!

I'm autistic! I love cheese! I have a book out about an autistic person who also loves cheese! CHEDDAR LUCK NEXT TIME is a cozy mystery with genuine autistic rep, cats, and a loooot of cheese. www.bethcato.com/cheese-myste...

Motherness: A Memoir of Generational Autism, Parenthood, and Radical Acceptance is out today! A funny, unflinchingly honest, and deeply compassionate memoir about one woman’s experience of raising an autistic child while discovering she is also “on the spectrum.” ecwpress.com/products/mot...

Bonus #BiVisibilityDay posts! If you want to read about a bi woman investigating a wilting crop of telephone-lilies and getting a girlfriend along the way, A Summer with the Immortal is the book for you! kobo.com/ebook/a-summ... parisvivian.itch.io/a-summer-wit... #BookSky #ScienceFantasy

My message to President Trump. Available from Jessica Kingsley Publishers- and sold in the US.

If you wanna read a book with multiple autistic characters including an autistic superhero, written by an actually autistic person... check out my new book GO-MAN! CHAMPION OF EARTH www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/hamis...

I am begging people to please seek out Autistic voices if you want to learn about autism. You will find that rather than wanting our lives to be prevented or cured, we want appropriate supports for ALL Autistic people (including those with intellectual disability and other co-occurring conditions).

Autistic people are not your tragedies and we should not be the subject of your conspiracies and dehumanising rhetoric. We are not mythical creatures to pity but real people with needs and desires, just like you.

It appears the foreseeable future will be even more difficult for autistic people & their loved ones because of the heinous disinformation coming from the US government &their supporters. We should not need to reiterate the humanity of Autistic people, but here we are, watching as progress is erased

It appears the foreseeable future will be even more difficult for autistic people & their loved ones because of the heinous disinformation coming from the US government &their supporters. We should not need to reiterate the humanity of Autistic people, but here we are, watching as progress is erased

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3. Overheard in a #LittleRebelsAward Judges Meeting🤫: “A great representation of how autism shows up in day to day life…Really comfortable to read; I could almost play it out in my head”. Judge @soofiya.bsky.social on Keedie. @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social @knightsofbooks.bsky.social #UKKidLit

I've read books about autism & ADHD that contradicted each other and confused me, now I know why. There are elements in these neurodivergent conditions that overlap & some that are in opposition: Silence Vs stimulation Caution Vs risk taking Novelty Vs repetition AuDHD makes sense at last

The authorities that be on this app gave me a verification badge. So allow me to reintroduce myself. I am the Washington Bureau Chief at @the-independent.com, a columnist at @msnbc.com and the author of the book We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism conversation www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...

5 days till my tough kid takes on his deeply dysfunctional family past & the toxicity he developed to survive it. Almost time to claw his way out, tackling CPTSD, autism & literal monsters, with friends! Sample chapter on my store: payhip.com/EliseCarlson... ♠️🌈📚🪐📚💙 elisecarlson.com/sythe-series/

My book had “Autistic author and chef” on the cover until I kept getting refused for articles and appearances that they could normally easily book, and they removed it. But it had already been too late.

Anyway, if you need a book about a demon haunting a woman until she becomes worse, may I present this pink monster? #horrorromance

Looking for a book by an autistic author with an autistic main character? Then, Oliver in The Reanimator Mysteries is for you. Stick it to RFK Jr. and support your local autistic creative

Hey, Autism is not a disease. While not all Autistics have food aversion, it is found in a lot of Autistic and neurodivergent folk. If you want to stick it to the people sharing and celebrating the spreading of misinformation about Autism, share stuff made by Autistic folk. Like my book:

Too often, the voices of Black autistic authors are overlooked yet our stories, insights, and truths are essential. 📚✨ If we want real diversity in literature, we need to read, amplify, and support Black autistic creators Representation matters ✊🏽Equity matters ✊🏽

It was a real treat to speak with The Autistic Woman about SOMEONE LIKE ME, LATE BLOOMER, Autistic self-knowledge and just about everything under the sun! www.buzzsprout.com/1782001/epis...

FYI, this account is not me. Based on their previews, I also highly suspect the autism books they’re promoting are AI - often nonsensical, repetitive, references appear to use real names but with made-up content, e.g. Hull, Mandy, & Petrides discussing quiche…

From now through October 3, you can use this link to get a 50% discount on the audio version of my book Neuroqueer Heresies! #books #booksky #audiobooks #neurodiversity #neurodivergence #neuroqueer #autism #autistic #queer #cognition #mind #psychology #somatics www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

One of our anonymous reviewers said our autistic writing team was too early in our clinical careers to make a meaningful contribution to the field, even though we work almost exclusively with autistic people 🙃 We’re hoping to prove Reviewer 2 wrong. 6 days til release! #autres #actuallyautistic

An agent’s guide to The Love In Your Words: a YA Romance set in Liverpool, where a selectively mute girl falls for an autistic polyglot who helps her embrace her Chinese heritage and neurodivergence. #YA #Romance #writingcommunity #litagents #agentguide

Hollow by Taylor Grothe is a delicious slow burn YA folk horror that unfolds from a messy normal to terrifying surreal with the pacing of a Hitchcock film, with a visceral, messy Autistic lens that goes so deep it’s rooted in bone.

dear chat, do u have any book recommendations for autistic adults, specifically with regards to figuring out ur own capabilities and limits as a "low support needs" ( BLEGH ) individual? I'm scared to go to the library and pick up whatever they have in case I get ableismed by conversion therapists