Supporting Girls With Autism Spectrum Disorder
Learn more about Autism Spectrum Disorder by visiting:
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Or by checking out these books and their authors:
The Spectrum Girl's Survival Guide by Siena Castellon, a 19-year old internationally recognized multi-award-winning neurodiversity advocate and anti-bullying campaigner who is on the autism spectrum. Siena is also dyslexic, dyspraxic, and has ADHD. She is the founder of Neurodiversity Celebration Week, which has over 1,600 schools and 835,000 students taking part worldwide. Siena was recently selected by the United Nations to be a Young Leader for the SDGs. She is using the prominence of this two-year role to advocate for the inclusion and acceptance of people who are different. Siena plans to study physics at university. She can be found on Instagram at @siena_castellon.
Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome by Rudy Simone, now known as Artemisia Xene, is the author of 6 best-selling books on Asperger Syndrome as well as fiction books. Artemisia has lectured at Autism/Asperger conferences around the world. Artemisia Xene is also an award-winning singer/songwriter. Her albums "Thief of Dreams" "Gothic Blues" and "Penny Dreadful" were released as Rudy Simone and are readily available on Itunes or for free on soundcloud (station: ArtemisiaX). A 4th album is coming.
But you don't look autistic at all by Bianca Toeps, a web developer, photographer and author from The Netherlands. She loves Japan, Disney parks, polaroid camera's and vintage clothing. Oh and she's autistic. Bianca Toeps is also on Twitter and Instagram at @biancatoeps.
All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism Edited by Lydia X. Z. Brown, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu, E. Ashkenazy