Recommended Books

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling & Start Living by Russ Harris

ADHD

ADHD 2.0: New Science and Essential Strategies for Thriving with Distraction - From Childhood Through Adulthood by Edward M. Hallowell, M.D., and John J. Ratey, M.D.

Anxiety

Parenting Your Anxious Child with Mindfulness and Acceptance: A Powerful New Approach to Overcoming Fear, Panic, and Worry Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Christopher McCurry

Autism - books for adolescents & adults

Neuroqueer Heresies Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities by Dr. Nick Walker

I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir by Sarah Kurchak

Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults: A Guide for Professionals and Families by Finn V. Gratton

Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity by Devon Price

Sincerely, Your Autistic Child What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity Edited by Emily Paige Ballou, Sharon daVanport, and Morenike Giwa Onaiwu

Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty

Welcome to the Autistic Community brought to you by ASAN Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Navigating College: A Handbook on Self Advocacy Written for Autistic Students, by Autistic adults brought to you by ASAN Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism Edited by Elizabeth Bartmess

Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity by Steve Silberman

Be Different: My Adventures with Asperger’s and My Advice for Fellow Aspergians, Misfits, Families, and Teachers by John Elder Robison

Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism Edited by Barb Cook & Michelle Garnett

Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking by Julia Bascom

Autism, Sensory Processing, Disability Justice, Puberty, Gender and Sexuality - Sensitive Books for Children

Some Brains: A Book Celebrating Neurodiversity by Nelly Thomas

Moojag and the Auticode Secret by N.E. McMorran

We Move Together by Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire & Eduardo Trejos

Diary of a Young Naturalist by Dara McAnulty

Rolling Warrior: The Incredible, Sometimes Awkward, True Story of a Rebel Girl on Wheels Who Helped Spark a Revolution by Judith Heumann

The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family by Sarah Kapit

Listening to My Body: A guide to helping kids understand the connection between their sensations (what the heck are those?) and feelings by Gabby Garcia

Wiggles, Stomps and Squeezes Calm My Jitters Down by Lindsey Rowe Parker

The Every Body Book: The LGBTQ+ Inclusive Guide for Kids about Sex, Gender, Bodies, and Families by Rachel E. Simon

Celebrate Your Body (And Its Changes, Too!) The Ultimate Puberty Book for Girls by Sonya Renee Taylor

From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom

Education

Raising Free People: Unschooling as Liberation and Healing Work by Akilah S. Richards

Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom by bell hooks

Disability Justice & Disability Studies

Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarsinha

Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century Edited by Alice Wong

Sipping Dom Pérignon Through a Straw: Reimagining Success as a Disabled Achiever by Eddie Ndopu

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann

The Cancer Journals by Audre Lorde

Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau

A Body Undone: Living on After Great Pain by Christina Crosby

The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by Esmé Weijun Wang

There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness by M Leona Godin

We've Got This: Essays by Disabled Parents by Eliza Hull

Nothing About Us Without Us: Disability Oppression and Empowerment by James I. Charlton

Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (Excellent documentary on the Disability Civil Rights Movement - link to full feature film)

Depression

The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression by Andrew Solomon

Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari

Mindfulness, Self Compassion, Rest & Radical Self Love

Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention - And How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor

The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart by Thich Nhat Hanh

All about Love: New Visions by bell hooks

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff

The Mindful Path to Self-Compassion: Freeing Yourself from Destructive Thoughts and Emotions by Christopher Germer

Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

Wholehearted: Slow Down, Help Out, Wake Up by Koshin Paley Ellison

When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Parenting

Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier, and More Secure Kids by Kim John Payne, Lisa M. Ross 

Trust Kids!: Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy by Carla Herman

No Bad Kids: Toddler Discipline Without Shame by Janet Lansbury 

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child's Developing Mind by Daniel J. Siegel & Tina Payne Bryson

Teacher Tom’s First Book: Teaching and Learning From Preschoolers by Tom Hobson

How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

How to Talk So Teens Will Listen and Listen So Teens Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlish

Far From The Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon

Pathological Demand Avoidance/Pervasive Drive for Autonomy/PDA

PDA by PDAers: From Anxiety to Avoidance and Masking to Meltdowns by Sally Cat

Pathological Demand Avoidance Explained by Sally Cat

The Family Experience of PDA: An Illustrated Guide to Pathological Demand Avoidance by Eliza Fricker

The Teacher's Introduction to Pathological Demand Avoidance: Essential Strategies for the Classroom by Clare Truman

Being Julia: A Personal Account of Living with Pathological Demand Avoidance

Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome in Children: A Guide for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals by Phil Christie, Margaret Duncan, Zara Healy and Ruth Fidler

PDA in the Therapy Room: A Clinicians Guide to Working with Children with Pathological Demand Avoidance by Raelene Dundon

Polyvagal Theory

The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy: Engaging in the Rhythm of Regulation by Deb Dana

Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana

The Pocket Guide to the Polyvagal Theory: The Transformative Power of Feeling Safe by Dr. Stephen W Porges

Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection: 50 Client-Centered Practices by Deb Dana

Trauma, Developmental Trauma, Childhood Emotional Neglect, Complex PTSD & Transgenerational Trauma

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Derk Kolk, M.D.

What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma by Stephanie Foo

Nervous: Essays on Heritage and Healing by Jen Soriano

the Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture by Gabor Mate, MD

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D. and Oprah Winfrey

It Didn’t Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn

Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Janice Webb

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson