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Loonshots: Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
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Loonshots

By Safi Bahcall ,

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Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism
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Life, Animated

By Ron Suskind ,

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Explaining Humans: What Science Can Teach Us About Life, Love and Relationships
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Explaining Humans

By Camilla Pang ,

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The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
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The Reason I Jump

By Naoki Higashida , KA Yoshida (translator) , David Mitchell (translator)

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The Golden Ticket: A Life in College Admissions Essays
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The Golden Ticket

By Irena Smith ,

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The Pattern Seekers: How Autism Drives Human Invention
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The Pattern Seekers

By Simon Baron-Cohen ,

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Thinking in Pictures
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Thinking in Pictures

By Temple Grandin ,

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Bitsy Bat, School Star
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Bitsy Bat, School Star

By Kaz Windness ,

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Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism
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Uniquely Human

By Barry M Prizant , Tom Fields-Meyer ,

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How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing
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How to Keep House While Drowning

By KC Davis ,

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Normal Sucks
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Normal Sucks

By Jonathan Mooney ,

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A Mind Apart: Journeys in a Neurodiverse World
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A Mind Apart

By Susanne Antonetta ,

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Contacts
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Contacts

By Mark Watson ,

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We Walk: Life with Severe Autism
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We Walk

By Amy S. F. Lutz ,

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Two Heads: A Graphic Exploration of How Our Brains Work with Other Brains
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Two Heads

By Uta Frith , Chris Frith , Alex Frith , Daniel Locke (illustrator)

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The Sensory Home: An Inspiring Guide to Mindful Decorating
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The Sensory Home

By Pippa Jameson ,

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Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
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Neurotribes

By Steve Silberman ,

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The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Freedoms in Sex and Love
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The Ethical Slut

By Dossie Easton , Catherine A. Liszt ,

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Test Chamber
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Test Chamber

By Dani Alexis Ryskamp (editor) , Sam Harvey (editor) ,

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Intellectual Foreplay: Questions for Lovers and Lovers-to-be
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Intellectual Foreplay

By Eve Eschner Hogan , Steve Hogan ,

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The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain
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The Dyslexic Advantage

By Brock L. Eide , Fernette F. Eide ,

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Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement: Stories from the Frontline
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Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement

By Steven K. Kapp (editor) ,

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Shadow Syndromes: The Mild Forms of Major Mental Disorders That Sabotage Us
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Shadow Syndromes

By John J. Ratey , Catherine Johnson ,

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Cosima Unfortunate Steals A Star
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Cosima Unfortunate Steals A Star

By Laura Noakes ,

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Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity
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Unmasking Autism

By Devon Price ,

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The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy
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The Autistic Survival Guide to Therapy

By Steph Jones ,

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Mirror Touch: A Memoir of Synesthesia and the Secret Life of the Brain
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Mirror Touch

By Joel Salinas ,

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My Life of Crime: Essays and Other Entertainments
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My Life of Crime

By Tyler C. Gore ,

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

By Daniel Tammet ,

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The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide: How to Grow Up Awesome and Autistic
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The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide

By Siena Castellon ,

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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made: The Astonishing New Science of the Senses
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Fearfully and Wonderfully Made

By Maureen Seaberg ,

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Differently Wired: A Parent's Guide to Raising an Atypical Child with Confidence and Hope
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Differently Wired

By Deborah Reber ,

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How to Be Human: An Autistic Man's Guide to Life
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How to Be Human

By Jory Fleming , Lyric Winik ,

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A Different Kind of Normal: My Real-Life COMPLETELY True Story About Being Unique
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A Different Kind of Normal

By Abigail Balfe ,

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Calm the Chaos: A Fail-Proof Road Map for Parenting Even the Most Challenging Kids
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Calm the Chaos

By Dayna Abraham ,

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Unmasking Autism: The Power of Embracing Our Hidden Neurodiversity
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Unmasking Autism

By Devon Price ,

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Different, Not Less: A neurodivergent's guide to embracing your true self and finding your happily ever after
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Different, Not Less

By Chloe Hayden ,

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How to Be Nice to Yourself: The Everyday Guide to Self-Compassion
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How to Be Nice to Yourself

By Laura Silberstein-Tirch ,

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Is This Autism?: A Guide for Clinicians and Everyone Else
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Is This Autism?

By Donna Henderson , Sarah Wayland , Jamell White

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If You Give a Moose a Muffin
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If You Give a Moose a Muffin

By Laura Joffe Numeroff , Felicia Bond (illustrator) ,

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The Screenwriter's Workbook
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The Screenwriter's Workbook

By Syd Field ,

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Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
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Noise

By Daniel Kahneman , Olivier Sibony , Cass R. Sunstein

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The Canary Code: A Guide to Neurodiversity, Dignity, and Intersectional Belonging at Work
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The Canary Code

By Ludmila Praslova ,

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Super Thinking: The Big Book of Mental Models
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Super Thinking

By Gabriel Weinberg , Lauren McCann ,

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