Books

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other selections listed below. If you have a recommendation,
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Suggested Reading…

I Am Snamuh
Laura Nadine

This insightful, humourous and compelling book is the author's true story of her life growing up with Asperger's Syndrome. Regardless of your knowledge or experience, your understanding will be deepened as you laugh and cry along with Laura through all the twists and turns of her anything-but-average life. Find it on Amazon.

Infectious Behavior:
Brain-Immune Connections in Autism, Schizophrenia, and Depression
Paul H. Patterson

In this important new work, Patterson discusses communications paths between the brain and the immune system, focusing on the role of the immune system in autism, schizophrenia, and major depressive disorder. The author is a Research Professor of Neurological Surgery at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, and the Anne P. and Benjamin R. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences at the California Institute of Technology. Find it on Amazon.

More Noteworthy Books

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A Song Apart - Jeffrey H. Baer
House Rules - Jodi Picoult
Not My Boy!: A Father, A Son, and One Family's Journey with Autism -Rodney Peete

The Best Kind of Different: Our Family's Journey with Asperger's Syndrome -Shonda Schilling

Making Peace with Autism: One Family's Story of Struggle, Discovery and Unexpected Gifts -Susan Senator
Unstrange Mind: Remapping the World of Autism -by Roy Richard Grinker

Boy Alone: A Brother's Memoir - Karl Taro Greenfeld

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

The Siege: A Family's Journey Into the World of an Autistic Child - Clara Claiborne Park

Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life With Autism - Clara Claiborne Park

The Child Who Never Grew - Pearl S. Buck

Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey Into the Lost History of Autism - Paul Collins

Strange Son: Two Mothers, Two Sons, and the Quest to Unlock the Hidden World of Autism - Portia Iversen

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time - Mark Haddon

Raising Blaze: A Mother and Son's Long, Strange Journey Into Autism - Debra Ginsberg

Rex: A Mother, Her Autistic Child, and the Music that Transformed Their Lives - Cathleen Lewis

Reference

A Practical Guide to Autism: What Every Parent, Family Member and Teacher Needs to Know

-Fred R. Volkmar & Lisa A. Wiesner

Films

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Each of the films listed here depicts some aspect of autism or Aspergers. We invite you to share your opinions of any of the films on the list, and to send us your suggestions for films to add. Please note that the films listed may not have been reviewed by site administrators, and are not necessarily recommendations for viewing — nor is this a complete list (there are many internationally produced films, as well as films made for television and video, that do not appear here).

Major Motion Pictures

Adam (2009)

Backstreet Dreams (1990)

Being There (1979)

The Black Balloon (2008)

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

The Boys Next Door (1996)

Change of Habit (1969)

David's Mother (1994)

Down in the Delta (1998)

Forrest Gump (1994)

House of Cards (1993)