Our Favorite Resources
From beginning your journey to supporting your loved ones, we’ve got tons of informational resources for your perusal.
Neurodiversity & Disability
General Information
- The Current State of Disability in Children’s Books
- What Does it Mean to be Neurodivergent?
- Everything is Connected to Everything: Improving the Healthcare of Autistic & ADHD Adults
- What is Neurodiversity?
- CHADD: Stimming & Fidgeting
- The Child Mind Institute
- Different Brains (Non-Profit Celebrating Neurodiversity)
- In the Loop About Neurodiversity
- Temple Grandin Ted Talk: The World Needs All Kinds of Minds
- Disability in Kidlit
- LDRFA (Learning Disabilities Resources Foundation Action)
- Behavioral Health Toolkit
- LDOnline: All About Learning Disabilities and ADHD
- ‘Special Needs’ is a Euphemism that Hurts Disabled Kids
- Understood.org: Everyone Deserves to be Understood
- Reading Beyond Neurodivergent Stereotypes by Jen Malia on Publisher’s Weekly
- Books with ND Characters Mark New Chapter for Publishers (Guardian)
- Play Spark — Inclusive clothing
Support for Writers
- Neurodivergent Writers’ Lounge (Facebook Group)
- Neurodiverse Kidlit Collective Discord
- The Challenges of Writing About Mental Illness
- Tips for Research & Respectful Writing
- Writing Autistic Characters: Behaviorizing vs. Humanizing Approaches
- Autistic Representation and Real-Life Consequences
- Mike Jung: This is the Last Time I Write A Neurotypical Protagonist (A Novel Mind)
- Elle McNicoll: I Write About Anything and Everything, But I Always Write About Neurodiversity
- Jen Malia: What Too Sticky! Means to My Neurodiverse Family (A Novel Mind)
- Sarah Kapit: Writing About Autistic Athletes (And Why Baseball is a Metaphor for Life)
- Lyn Miller-Lachman: Autism in Historical Fiction: Before There Was a Name
- Sarah Kapit: Autistic Characters, Infinite Possibilities (Nerdy Book Club)
- Nicole Panteleakos: Loving, Imaginative + Autistic: Writing Nova
- Sally J. Pla: Of Girls and Glass Boxes (Autism) (A Novel Mind)
- What Good Representation of Autistic Characters Looks Like
- How to Tell if a Book has Good Autism Rep
- Lyn Miller-Lachmann: Defined by Others (Disability in Kidlit)
- Supportive Communities in Books Portraying Autism (Lyn Miller-Lachmann)
- Adriana White: Writing Autistic Characters (A Novel Mind)
- Meg Eden-Kuyatt: On Writing Neurodivergent Characters
Neurodiversity in the Workplace
Support for Parents
Support for Educators
- Inclusive Teaching Strategies for Students Elligible for Special Education Services
- The Importance of Education Diversity in the Classroom
- How to Deal with Bullying in Schools (A Guide for Teachers)
- I Started Talking About Disability in My Classroom. It Changed Both Me and My Students (Chalkbeat)
- Neurodiversity in the Classroom: A Teacher’s Guide
- Smart Kids with Learning Disabilities
- Lost at School by Dr. Ross W. Greene
Sensory-Friendly Clothing
- No Limb-its (Adults & Kids)
- Kozie Clothes (Kids)
- Lucky & Me (Kids)
- Target Kids Adaptive Clothing
- Sense-Sationally You (Adults & Kids)
- SAM Sensory And More (Adults & Kids)
- Sensory Friendly Clothing (Adults & Kids)
- Sensory Direct (Adults & Kids, Compression)
- Fun & Function (Kids)
- Parker & Talia
- Flat Socks: Guide to Choosing Sensory Clothing
- Hanna Andersson
- SmartKnit Kids (Seemless Socks)
Stim Tools & Fidgets
Neurodiverse Media
Awareness & Acceptance
Self-Advocacy & Support
Autism Resources
Assessments & Discovery
- Embrace Autism (Lots of information, and all of the official assessments)
- M-CHAT™ Assessment for Toddlers
- Welcome to the Autistic Community! (All About Autism)
- The Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism
- I Survived ABA (Facebook Group)
- OAR – Organization for Autism Research
- Autism Vs. HSP (Highly Sensitive Person)
- Understanding the Spectrum
- ‘Autism is a Spectrum’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think
- Autism Facts for Kids
- Autism Myths and Stereotypes
- Autism Glossary
- Person First vs. Identity First Language
- Autistic, Not Weird (Insights from an autistic teacher, author, and speaker)
- Learn From Autistics
- Autism’s Rise Tracks with Drops in Other Childhood Disorders
- Autism & Sleep
Autism Media
Self Advocacy & Support
- Austism Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
- I’m Determined — Resources for Youth
- Autistic Women & Living Authentically (Facebook Group)
- Healthy College on the Spectrum: Managing Autism as a College Student
- Morgan Foley — YouTube
- Lil Penguin Studios (Hand-Drawn Support Kits and Goodies with adorable mascots)
Support for Writers
- Going it Alone as an Autistic Woman Writer by Lyn Miller-Lachmann
- Writing Autistic Characters with Lyn Miller-Lachmann and Meg Eden Kuyatt
- Write What You Know: How Writing My Autistic Experience Made My Writing Stronger
- Meg Eden Kuyatt: The Complicated Politics of Passing as Neurotypical and Writing as Autistic
Support for Parents
- Autism Inclusivity (Facebook Group lifting up Autistic Voices to support parents of autistic children)
- Ask Autistic Adults (Facebook Group for autistic adults to support parents of autistic children)
- Autism Navigator Courses
- I’m Determined — Resources for Families
- A Parents’ Guide to Autistic Pride
- Parenting Autistic Children with Love & Acceptance
- Helping Nonspeaking Children Spell, Type, and Point to Communicate
- Four Ways I Help My Autistic Children Communicate Without Speaking
- What’s “Age Appropriate” Reading Anyway? (Autism) by Shannon Rosa
Support for Educators
ADHD Resources
Assessments & Discovery
- Embrace Autism (Information & Assessments – Yes, for ADHD as well!)
- ADDitude ADHD Symptom Checker
- Executive Function Worksheet
- CHADD — Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Myths and Facts About ADHD
- American Psychiatric Association: Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- NAMI — Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- ADHD Federation
- APSARD (American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders)
- ADHD in Adults
- Other Concerns & Conditions with ADHD
ADHD Tools & Apps
- Inflow (App)
- Dubbii — Body doubling App (Apple)
- Dubbii — Body doubling App (Android)
- 19 Activities and Apps to Help Kids with ADHD Blossom
- How to Get Organized with ADHD (ADDitude)
- Delusional Todo Lists vs. Realistic Todo Lists for ADHD Adults
- Create a Todo List that Really Works
- Tips for Staying Focused When You Have Adult ADHD
- How to Use Hyperfocus for Good
Self Advocacy & Support
Support for Parents
Support for Educators
Awareness & Acceptance
Mental Health Resources
General Information
- Common Mental Health Myths
- Help End Mental Health Stigma for Someone Else
- Seize the Awkward — Be the Friend Who Listens
- Suicide Prevention Statistics & Resources
- Teens Mental Health & Substance Abuse
- Addiction & Mental Health Resources for Latinx College Students
- Crisis & Mental Health Hotlines List
- Risk & Protective Factors for Suicide
- AAPI Addiction & Mental Health Resources
- The Trevor Project (LGBTQIA+ Suicide Prevention & Crisis Management)
- Student Athlete Mental Health Resources
Self Advocacy & Support
Support for Parents
Support for Educators
Awareness & Acceptance
Tourette Syndrome Resources
Assessments & Discovery
Awareness & Acceptance
Cerebral Palsy Resources
Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dyspraxia Resources
Assessments & Discovery
- The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity
- What is Dyspraxia?
- What is Dyslexia?
- What is Dyslexia? An Interview with Neuroscientist Guinevere Eden (APM Reports)
- Understanding Dyslexia: Signs of Dyslexia in Children (Child Mind Institute)
- International Dyslexia Association
- Hard to Read: How American Schools Fail Kids with Dyslexia
Awareness & Acceptance
Support for Parents
Support for Educators
Self Advocacy & Support
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