READINGS and RESOURCES FEMALES with ASD Shana Nichols, Phd © 2019

Home , Aspergirls, Autism friendly, Neurotypical, Rudy Simone, Wrong Planet

• Autism Women and Nonbinary Network: https://awnnetwork.org/ • Spectrumly Speaking (podcast by and for women on the spectrum): http://differentbrains.org/spectrumly- speaking/ • Spectrum Women Magazine: http://www.spectrumwomen.com/tag/spectrumly-speaking/

Key Research Journal Articles

• Green, R.M., Travers, A.M., Howe, Y., & McDougle, C.M. (2019) Women and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Diagnosis and Implications for Treatment of Adolescents and Adults. Current Psychiatry Reports,21:22 1-8. • Entire Issue of the Research Journal Autism – 2017, Volume 21(6) o Special issue dedicated to ASD in females • Kreiser, N.L., & White, S.W. (2014). ASD in females: Are we overstating the gender difference in diagnosis? Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 17, 67-84. o Excellent theoretical article

Books on Topics for Females with ASD *Temple Grandin’s autobiographical writings

• Camouflage. The Hidden Lives of Autistic Women – Dr. Sarah Bargiela (March 2019) • Working with Girls and Young Women with an Autism Spectrum Condition. A Practical Guide for Clinicians – Fiona Fisher Bullivant (out in 2018) • Girls With Autism Becoming Women – Heather Stone Wodis (out in 2018) • Girls Growing Up on the Autism Spectrum: What Parents and Professionals Need to Know about the Pre-Teen and Teenage Years – Shana Nichols et al. • A Guide to Mental Health Issues in Girls and Young Women on the Autism Spectrum: Diagnosis, Intervention and Family Support – Judy Eaton • I Am Aspiengirl: The Unique Characteristics, Traits and Gifts of Females on the Autism Spectrum – Tania Marshall • I am AspienWoman: The Unique Characteristics, Traits, and Gifts of Adult Females on the Autism Spectrum (AspienGirl) – Tania Marshall • Asperger's and Girls: World-Renowned Experts Join Those with Asperger's Syndrome to Resolve Issues That Girls and Women Face Every Day! – Tony Attwood et al. • Life on the Autism Spectrum - A Guide for Girls and Women – Karen McKibbin • Women and Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Understanding Life Experiences from Early Childhood to Old Age – Sarah Hendrickx • Safety Skills for Asperger Women: How to Save a Perfectly Good Female Life – Liane Holliday Willey • The Aspie Girl's Guide to Being Safe with Men: The Unwritten Safety Rules No-one is Telling You – Debi Brown • The Independent Woman’s Handbook for Super Safe Living on the Autistic Spectrum – Robyn Steward

First Person Accounts

• Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum – Jennifer O’Toole (2019) • Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism – Barb Cook & Michelle Garnett (out Aug 2018)

• Pretending to Be Normal – Liane Holliday Willey • Nerdy, Shy, and Socially Inappropriate: A User Guide to an Asperger Life - Cynthia Kim • Asperger’s on the Inside – Michelle Vines • Everyday Aspergers – Samantha Craft • Twirling Naked in the Streets and No One Noticed: Growing Up With Undiagnosed Autism - Jeannie Davide- Rivera • Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World – Laura James • Working the Double Shift: A Young Woman’s Journey with Autism – Christine Motokane • Aspies Alone Together: My Story and a Survival Guide for Women Living with Asperger Syndrome – Elaine Day • Life Behind Glass: A Personal Account of Autism Spectrum Disorder – Wendy Lawson • Born on the Wrong Planet - Erika Hammerschmidt

Books for Parents

• Parenting Girls on the Autism Spectrum: Overcoming the Challenges and Celebrating the Gifts – Eileen Riley- Hall • What Every Autistic Girl Wishes Her Parents Knew – Autism Women’s Network Inc.

Books for Girls

• When My Heart Joins the Thousand (2018) by A.J. Steiger – Teen / YA Novel • The Autism-Friendly Guide to Periods (March 2019) • May I Be Excused, My Brain is Full: Olivia’s Asperger’s Story – Krista Preuss-Goudreault • I am an Aspie Girl: A book for young girls with autism spectrum conditions - Danuta Bulhak-Paterson • M is for Autism - The Students of Limpsfield Grange School and Vicky Martin • M in the Middle: Secret Crushes, Mega-Colossal Anxiety and the People’s Republic of Autism – The Students of Limpsfield Grange School and Vicky Martin • Middle School - The Stuff Nobody Tells You About: A Teenage Girl with ASD Shares Her Experiences – Haley Moss • Lisa and the Lacemaker: An Asperger Adventure (graphic novel) – Kathy Hoopman

Books for Young Women and Women

• Sisterhood of the Spectrum: An Asperger Chick's Guide to Life – Jennifer O’Toole • Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome – Rudy Simone (aka Artemesia) • Women From Another Planet?: Our Lives in the Universe of Autism – Jean Kearns Miller • From Here to Maternity: Pregnancy and Motherhood on the Autism Spectrum – Lana Grant

Puberty and Sexuality

• What's Happening to Ellie?: A book about puberty for girls and young women with autism and related conditions – Kate Reynolds • The Growing Up Guide for Girls: What Girls on the Autism Spectrum Need to Know! – Davida Hartman • Taking Care of Myself: A Hygiene, Puberty and Personal Curriculum for Young People with Autism – Mary Wrobel *Taking Care of Myself 2: for Teenagers and Young Adults with ASD • Sexuality and Relationship Education for Children and Adolescents with ASD – Davida Hartman