Suggested Reading

FSRC Suggested ReadingSee suggested reading listed below by title. You may also view the list by Author)

A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Autism: Stories of Hope and Everyday Success by Colleen Sell

A Parent’s Guide to Asperger Syndrome & High-Functioning Autism, How to Meet the challenges and Help Your Child Thrive, by Sally Ozonoff, Geraldine Dawson, and James McPartland

A Practical Guide to Autism: What Every Parent, Family Member, and Teacher Needs to Know, by F.R. Volkmar & L.A. Wiesner

A Thorn in My Pocket: Temple Grandin’s Mother Tells the Family Story by Eustacia Cutler

A Work in Progress: Behavior Management Strategies & A Curriculum for Intensive Behavioral Treatment of Autism by Ron Leaf, PhD

Adolescents on the Autism Spectrum: A Parent’s Guide to the Cognitive, Social, Physical, and Transition Needs of Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Chantal Sicile-Kira and Temple Grandin

An Early Start for Your Child with Autism: Using Everyday Activities to Help Kids Connect, Communicate, and Learn by Sally Rogers, PhD, Geraldine Dawson, PhD, and Laurie Vismara, PhD.

Autism: Heartfelt Thoughts from Mothers by Judy Lynne

The Autism Mom’s Survival Guide by Stephanie Hemenway

The Autism Revolution: Whole-Body Strategies for Making Life All It Can Be by Martha Herbert and Karen Weintraub

Autism Spectrum Disorders by Chantel Sicilie-Kira

Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: A Love-Based Approach to Helping Attachment-Challenged Children With Severe Behaviors by Heather Forbes

Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control: Volume 2 by Heather Forbes

Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant by Daniel Tammet

The Boy Who Loved Windows: Opening the Heart and Mind of a Child Threatened with Autism by Patricia Stacey

Children with Starving Brains: A Medical Treatment Guide for Autism Spectrum Disorder by Jaquelyn McCandless and Teresa Binstock

Dare to Love: The Art of Merging Science and Love Into Parenting Children with Difficult Behaviors by Heather Forbes

Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome or Non-Verbal Learning Disability: Stories and Strategies by Yvona Fast

Facing Autism: Giving Parents Reasons for Hope and Guidance for Help by Lynn Hamilton

Food and Behavior: A Natural Connection by Barbara Reed Stitt

The Golden Hat: Talking Back to Autism by Kate Winslet, Margret Ericsdottir and Keli Thorsteinsson

Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride, MD

Help for Billy: A Beyond Consequences Approach to Helping Challenging Children in the Classroom by Heather Forbes

The Hidden Curriculum: Practical Solutions for Understanding Unstated Rules in Social Situations by Brenda Smith Myles, Melissa L. Trautman, and Ronda L. Schelvan

How Can I Talk if My Lips Don’t Move?: Inside My Autistic Mind by Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay

Ketogenic Diets by John Freeman

Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family’s Triumph Over Autism by Catherine Maurice

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

Louder than Words by Jenny McCarthy

The Mozart Effect by Don Campbell

Not Even Wrong: A Father’s Journal into the Lost History of Autism by Paul Collins

The Out-of-Sync Child: Recognizing and Coping with Sensory Processing Disorder by Carol Kranowitz and Lucy Jane Miller

Raising NLD Superstars: What Families with Nonverbal Learning Disabilities Need to Know About Nurturing Confident, Competent Kids by Marcia Brown Rubinstien

Recovering Autistic Children by Stephen Edelson, PhD and Bernard Rimland, PhD

Relationship Development Intervention with Young Children by Steven Gutstien

The Social Skills Picture Book Teaching Play, Emotion, and Communication to Children with Autism by Jed Baker

The Sound of a Miracle: The Inspiring True Story of a Mother’s Fight to Free Her Child from Autism by Annabel Stehli

Speaking of Apraxia by Leslie A. Lindsay

Special Diets for Special Kids by Lisa Lewis, PhD

A Special Kind of Brain: Living with Nonverbal Learning Disability by Nancy Russell Burger

Special-Needs Kids Eat Right: Strategies to Help Kids on the Autism Spectrum Focus, Learn, and Thrive by Judy Converse

Superflex… A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum by Stephanie Madrigal, and Michelle Garcia Winner

Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about Their Bodies, Boundaries, and Sexuality (Topics in Down Syndrome) by Terri Couwenhoven

Ten Things Every Child with Autism Wishes You Knew, by E. Notbohm

Thinking in Pictures by Temple Grandin

Uncommon Beauty: Crisis Parenting from Day One by Margaret Meder

The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism by Temple Grandin and Sean Barron

Walk Awhile in My Autism: A Manual of Sensitivity Presentations to Promote Understanding of People on the Autism Spectrum by Kate McGinnity and Nan Negri

The Way I See It by Temple Grandin

What I Wish I’d Known About Raising a Child with Autism, B. Sheahan & K. DeOrnellas

“You’re Going to Love This Kid!” Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom by Paula Kluth, PhD and Kelly Chandler-Olcott

A 5 Is Against the Law! Social Boundaries: Straight Up! An honest guide for teens and young adults by Kari Dunn Buron

The Autism Relationships Handbook: How to Thrive in Friendships, Dating, and Love by Joe Biel

The Autism Sourcebook: Everything You Need to Know About Diagnosis, Treatment, Coping, and Healing by Karen Siff Exkorn

The Autism Spectrum Guide to Sexuality and Relationships: Understand Yourself and Make Choices That are Right for You by Emma Goodall

The Boys’ Guide to Growing Up: Choices and Changes During Puberty by Terri C. Couwenhoven

Changes in You for Boys/With Parents Guide by Peggy C. Siegel

Different is Awesome by Ryan Haak

Different Like Me by Alexis Wesley

Enzymes for Autism and other Neurological Conditions by Karen DeFelice

I Love My Red Wagon by Angel Arredondo

Making Lemonade: Hints for Autism’s Helpers by Judy Endow and Ben Averill

Making Sense of Sex: A Forthright Guide to Puberty, Sex and Relationships for People With Asperger’s Syndrome by Sarah Attwood

Mike’s Crush for Families (DVD) by Nancy Nowell

Amazingly…Alphie! Understanding and Accepting Different Ways of Being by Roz Espin

The Autism Acceptance Book: Being a Friend to Someone With Autism by Ellen Sabin

Autism Through a Sister’s Eyes by Eve Band, PhD and Emily Hecht

Black Bear, Loon & Walleye: A Fable from the Northwoods by Sara Button

Everybody is Different: A Book for Young People Who Have Brothers or Sisters with Autism by Fiona Bleach

How to Talk to an Autistic Kid by Daniel Stefanski

Little Rainman: Autism – Through the Eyes of a Child by Karen L. Simmons

My Best Friend Will by Jamie Lowell and Tara Tuchel

Rules by Cynthia Lord

Special People, Special Ways by Arlene Maguire

Taking Autism to School by Andreanna Edwards

1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism or Asperger’s, E. Notbohm & V. Zysk

Superflex… A Superhero Social Thinking Curriculum by Stephanie Madrigal, and Michelle Garcia Winner

Teaching Children with Autism, Strategies for Initiating Positive Interactions and Improving Learning Opportunities, by Robert L. Koegel and Lynn Kern Koegel

Walk Awhile in My Autism: A Manual of Sensitivity Presentations to Promote Understanding of People on the Autism Spectrum by Kate McGinnity and Nan Negri

“You’re Going to Love This Kid!” Teaching Students with Autism in the Inclusive Classroom by Paula Kluth, PhD and Kelly Chandler-Olcott