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Welcome to the Autistic Community
Amazing Things Happen!
Tips for Talking to Children
The term – Takiwātanga!
What Matters – Annabelle
Double Empathy Problem
What is Autism?
Can You Make it to the End?
Autistic Masking
Austism Spectrum Condition
Sensory Overload
Websites
Reframing Autism Website
We are an Autistic-led charity, reframing the understanding of Autism through education, resources and research, underpinned by our lived experience as Autistics.
Yellow Ladybugs
Yellow Ladybugs is a non-government organisation, dedicated to the happiness, success and celebration of autistic girls, women and gender diverse individuals.
Embrace Website
Dissatisfied with the lack of information available on autism in adults…we founded Embrace Autism…a platform to distribute research and experience-based information on autism.
Neurodivergent Insights
Hi. I’m Dr. Neff. I am a neurodivergent (Autistic-ADHD) psychologist, parent, and educator. I create mental health and wellness resources with the neurodivergent person in mind.
Altogether Autism
Altogether Autism provides a free, evidence-based information service informed by lived experience and the latest research…and professional experience of our Advisory Group…made up of Autistic people, whānau / family and professionals. Altogether Autism offers this service with Parent to Parent.
Audiobooks
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Books for Adults
- Price, D. (2022). Unmasking autism: Discovering the new faces of neurodiversity. Penguin Life.
- Walker, N. (2021). Neuroqueer heresies: Notes on the neurodiversity paradigm, autistic empowerment, and postnormal possibilities. Autonomous Press.
- Neff, A. (2024) Self-Care for Autistic People: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Unmask! Hardcover
- Hayden, C. Different, Not Less: A neurodivergent’s guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after
- Nerenberg, J. Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed For You
Books for Children
- Welcome to the Autistic Community – April 21, 2020 by Lar Berry. Kindle and Paperback
- Congratulations, You’re Autistic! – March 22, 2022 by Katie I Bassiri (Author), Alex D Bassiri (Author), Dylan Zinn (Illustrator) Kindle, Paperback
- I Am Autistic An interactive and informative guide to autism (by someone diagnosed with it), by Chanelle Moriah. Hardback at Whitcoulls, PaperPlus
- Remarkable Remy – 1 February 2023 by Melanie Heyworth (Author), Nathaniel Eckstrom (Illustrator). Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover
- When My Brain Is Messy – 17 April 2023 by Tania Wieclaw (Author), Rahul Chakraborty (Illustrator). Kindle, Paperback, Hardcover
Web Articles
Altogether Autism
Autism prevalence in New Zealand
CDC
Data and Statistics on Autism Spectrum Disorder
Neff, M. A., (N.D) | neurodivergentinsights.com
Autism and Sexual Diversity
Neff, M. A., (N.D) | neurodivergentinsights.com
Reflections on Unmasking Autism
Neff, M. A., (N.D) | neurodivergentinsights.com
What is Autistic Masking?
Neff, M. A., (N.D) | neurodivergentinsights.com
Autistic and ADHD Nervous System
Reframing Autism
A respectful approach to autism therapy
Autism Research Institute
Gender, Sexuality, and Autism
Autism Research Institute
Autism and Trauma
monotropism.org
Explanations
Research Articles
Chown, N., & de Schipper, J. C. (2024). Autistic SPACE: A novel framework for meeting the needs of autistic people in healthcare settings. British Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Milton, D, (2012) On the ontological status of autism: the ‘double empathy problem’. Disability & Society, 27 (6)
On the ontological status of autism: The ‘double empathy problem’ (researchgate.net)
Māori and autism: A scoping review (researchgate.net)
Pantazakos, T., & Vanaken, G. J. (2023). Addressing the autism mental health crisis: the potential of phenomenology in neurodiversity-affirming clinical practices. Frontiers in psychology, 14, 1225152.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1225152
Gernsbacher MA, Yergeau M. Empirical Failures of the Claim That Autistic People Lack a Theory of Mind. Arch Sci Psychol. 2019;7(1):102-118. doi: 10.1037/arc0000067. Epub 2019 Dec 9. PMID: 31938672; PMCID: PMC6959478.
Empirical Failures of the Claim That Autistic People Lack a Theory of Mind – PMC (nih.gov)
Sarris, Marina (2020). Autistic People More Likely to Identify as LGBTQ. Discover Spark. Retrieved on November 11, 2021.
https://sparkforautism.org/discover_article/autism-lgbtq-identity/
George, R., & Stokes, M. A. (2018). Sexual Orientation in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 11(1), 133–141.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1892
The Foundations of Autistic Flourishing | Current Psychiatry Reports (springer.com)
Ed-Hub_Illusion-of-Inclusion-report_v2_low-res.pdf (theeducationhub.org.nz)
How do we get autism support right in Aotearoa New Zealand (autismcrc.com.au)