Resources Library

Our Library brings together resources across a multitude of topics, in various different formats – prioritising the inclusion of neurodivergent-affirming works by Neurodivergent authors.

We are continuously adding to and updating our library. If there’s anything you think we need to add (or remove) from this page, please get in touch.

Our Library also houses the ever-growing collection of NdC Originals. These are handy guides and other resources covering a wide range of topics, all created by our own team, available to read and download for free.

If there are future NdC Original resource you’d like to see created and added to the library, please get in touch with your suggestions.

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Note: Some resources may include person-first language, or outdated and non-preferred terms, such as ‘aspergers’, ‘disordered’, ‘high/low functioning’ etc. Inclusion in this list doesn’t mean we agree with all the content within these resources, but that we’ve generally found them useful.

Resources Library

Mitigating Sex-Related Biases To Elucidate The Autism Phenotype
Voices Of The Unheard: How African- And Caribbean-Heritage Men Seek Help For Their Health
Neurodivergent Friendships
Neuroqueering Somatics: A Conversation At The Intersection Of Neurodivergence And Somatic Practice
The Double Empathy Reader
Neuro-Normative Epistemic Injustice Consequences For The UK Education Crisis And School Anxiety
Stim Joy: Using Multi-Sensory Design To Foster Better Understanding Of The Autistic Experience
Working With Neurodivergent People In Contact With The Criminal Justice System
The Neurodivergence In Criminal Justice Network (Nicjn)
Unknowing In Practice: The Promise Of Discomfort, Failure And Uncertainty In Neurodiversity Studies
Learning To Listen To Non-Spoken Voices. Including Young People With Intellectual Disabilities Who Are Non-Speaking As Primary Participants In Qualitative Research
Who Self Identifies As Autistic And Why
New Environment Checklist
The Lived Experiences Of Primary And Secondary Education For Autistic University Students
Neurodiversity Movement Identification And Perceived Appropriateness Of Terms Used To Describe Autism
Kids "At Risk" Of School Exclusion And Youth Justice Involvement? Or Neurodivergent Children And Families In Need Of Trauma-Informed Support?
Powerful Film Screening Marks World Autism Awareness Day
Sensory-Movement Underpinnings Of Lifelong Neurodivergence: Getting A Grip On Autism
Unmasking For Life
What Are The Autism Research Priorities Of Autistic Adults In Scotland?
Personalizing An Ar-Based Communication System For Nonspeaking Autistic Users
Literacy In Nonspeaking Autistic People
Obstacles In The Way Of Neuro-Affirming Practice In Educational Settings & Ways Forward
Nick Walker: What Is Autism
Neurodiversity Matters: Damian Milton On Double Empathy And Autistic Worlds
What Does It Mean To Be Neurodiversity Affirmative?
Supports And Barriers To Inclusive Workplaces For Lgbtqia+ Autistic Adults In The United States
Principles For Using Digital Technologies In Mental Health Inpatient Treatment And Care
The Lived Experience Of Autistic Adults In Employment: A Systematic Search And Synthesis
Map Of Monotropic Experiences
The Overlap Of Disordered Eating, Autism And Adhd: Future Research Priorities As Identified By Adults With Lived Experience
Reacting, Retreating, Regulating, And Reconnecting: How Autistic Adults In The United Kingdom Use Time Alone For Well-Being
Spaces For Multi-Sensory Learners And Those With Profound And Multiple Learning Disabilities
Use Of Sensory Adaptive Environments With Autistic Children: A Scoping Review
Nest (Neurodivergent Peer Support Toolkit)
Autistic Doctors International
Dropping The Mask: It Takes Two
"It Seems Like A Luxury To Be Able To Offer That": Factors Influencing The Implementation Of Annual Health Checks For Autistic People In England
ICARS Statement Regarding BBC Panorama Undercover School: Cruelty In The Classroom
Parenting as a New Autistic Mother: The Impact on Daily Living
Menstrual Health In Psychiatric Inpatient Settings
Uncomfortable Labels: My Life A A Gay Autistic Trans Woman
A Different Sort Of Normal: A Real-Life Completely True Story About Being Unique
Improving Mental Health Therapies For Autistic Children And Young People Promoting Self-Agency, Curiosity And Collaboration
Streets For Diversity
Teaching Your Child Autistic Pride While Camhs Fail Them
Camhs: Coping With Parent Carer Burnout
Autism Adapted Safety Plan
Adapting Safety Plans For Autistic Adults With Involvement From The Autism Community
Experiences of Autistic People in Police Custody: The Need for Adjustments to Improve Participation in the Custody Process
Experiences of Interoception and Anxiety in Autistic Adolescents: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis.
Exploring Experiences of Intersectional Neurodivergent (ND) Identity, Wellbeing and Belonging Through the Eyes of Autistic/ADHD (AuDHD) Australians
Exploring the Social and Emotional Impact of Puberty and Adolescence on Autistic People Assigned Female at Birth
Foregrounding Meaning and Motive in the Domestic Abuse Perpetration of and Response to Neurodivergent Men
Global Indigenous Perspectives on Autism and Autism Research: Colonialism, Cultural Insights and Ways Forward
Guidelines for the Creation of Accessible Consent Materials and Procedures: Lessons from Research with Autistic People and People with Intellectual Disability
'I'm Sick of Being the Problem': Autistic Mothers' Experiences of Interacting with Schools for their Autistic Children
Information Transfer Within and Between Autistic and Non-Autistic People
Interoceptive Awareness and Female Orgasm Frequency and Satisfaction
Experiences of Autistic Individuals, Caregivers and Healthcare Providers with ABA-Derived Therapies: a Sequential Exploratory Mixed Methods Study
Autistic Doctors: Leveraging Insider Perspectives to Improve Healthcare for Autistic People.
Autism research is ‘all about the blokes and the kids’: Autistic Women Breaking the Silence on Menopause.
An Evaluation of a Whole-School Trauma-Informed Professional Development for Staff in Autism-Specific Educational Settings
“There is Nowhere Else That I’d Rather be Than with Them”: Parents’ Positive Experiences Parenting Autistic Children
Defining Neurodiversity Affirming Psychology Practice for Autistic Adults: A Delphi Study Integrating Psychologist and Client Perspectives
Autism and Parental Blame Research
AAC Technology, Autism, and the Empathic Turn
ABA: A Coercive Therapy
A Beginner's Guide to Intersectionality in the Early Years
A Capabilities Approach to Understanding and Supporting Autistic Adulthood
A Critique of the Use of Applied Behavioural Analysis (ABA): On Behalf of the Neurodiversity Manifesto Steering Group
Access to Work
A Conceptual Analysis of Autistic Masking: Understanding the Narrative of Stigma and the Illusion of Choice
A Conceptual Model of Risk and Protective Factors for Autistic Burnout
A Home Can Heal: Ending the Mental Health Crisis in Private Renting
‘Accumulating harm and waiting for crisis’: Parents’ perspectives of accessing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services for their autistic child experiencing mental health difficulties
Acoustics of Classrooms
Adapting Intuitive Eating for Neurodivergent People
Addressing the Autism Mental Health Crisis: The Potential of Phenomenology in Neurodiversity-Affirming Clinical Practices
ADHD an A to Z: Figuring it Out Step by Step
A Dictionary of Neurodivergent Language
A Framework for Neurodiversity-Affirming Interventions for Autistic Individuals.
Age-Related Physical Health of Older Autistic Adults in Sweden: A Longitudinal, Retrospective, Population-Based Cohort Study
A Guide to Self-Identification and Neurodivergence
“Alexisomia”: A Shift in Focus from Alexithymia
Alexithymia & Autism Guide
Alternative Approaches to Standard Inpatient Mental Health Care: Development of a Typology of Service Models
A Model Linking Emotional Dysregulation in Neurodivergent People to the Proprioceptive Impact of Joint Hypermobility
All About AAC
‘Am I gonna regret this?’: The experiences of diagnostic disclosure in autistic adults
A National Framework to Deliver Improved Outcomes in All-Age Autism Assessment Pathways: Guidance for Integrated Care Boards
An Experience Sensitive Approach to Care with and for Autistic Children and Young People in Clinical Services
Anxiety, Mood, and Substance Use Disorders in Adult Men and Women with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Substantive and Methodological Overview
Anti-Ableism and Scientific Accuracy in Autism Research: A False Dichotomy
“A Perfect Storm”: Autistic Experiences of Menopause and Midlife
A senior’s guide to housing options in later life
‘A Storm of Post-It Notes’: Experiences of Perceptual Capacity in Autism and ADHD
A Systematic Review of the Terms Used to Refer to People who use Mental Health Services: User Perspectives
Assessing Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Autistic and Non-Autistic Early Adolescents Using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale
Atypical Social Communication is Associated with Positive Initial Impressions Among Peers with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Attention, Monotropism and the Diagnostic Criteria for Autism
Auditory Environments Influence the Link Between Autistic Traits and Quality of Life
Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Speaking Autistic Adults: Overview and Recommendations
Authoring Autism: On Rhetoric and Neurological Queerness
Autism and Bilingualism. Can Autistic People Learn and Use Several Languages?
Autism and Eating Disorders
Autism, Grooming and Coercive Control: An introduction and overview
Autism, Identity and Me: A Practical Workbook to Empower Autistic Children and Young People Aged 10+
Autism, Identity and Me: A Professional and Parent Guide to Support Positive Understanding of Autistic Identify
Autism in Adults
Autism in England: Assessing Underdiagnosis in a Population-Based Cohort Study of Prospectively Collected Primary Care Data
Autism, Intense Interests and Support in School: From Wasted Efforts to Shared Understandings
Autism Research Is ‘All About the Blokes and the Kids’: Autistic Women Breaking the Silence on Menopause
“Autism research is in crisis”: A Mixed Method Study of Researcher’s Constructions of Autistic People and Autism Research
Autism: Some Vital Research Links
[Autism] in Adults: Diagnosis and Management
Autism Tips for Teachers – By an Autistic Teacher
Autism, Girls, & Keeping It All Inside
Autism in Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Communities: A Report on the First Autism Voice UK Symposium
Autism Understood
Autistic Adults’ Priorities for Future Autism Employment Research: Perspectives from the United Kingdom
Autistic Adults Show Enhanced Generosity to Socially Distant Others
Autistic Masking: Understanding Identity Management and the Role of Stigma
Autistic Perspectives on the Future of Clinical Autism Research
Autistic Self-Advocacy and the Neurodiversity Movement: Implications for Autism Early Intervention Research and Practice.
Avoiding Anxiety in Autistic Children
Autistic While Black in the UK: Masking, Codeswitching, and Other (Non)Fictions
Autistic Sensory Pain and the Medical Consequences
Autistic SPACE: A Novel Framework for Meeting the Needs of Autistic People in Healthcare Settings
Barriers to Healthcare and a ‘Triple Empathy Problem’ May Lead to Adverse Outcomes for Autistic Adults: A Qualitative Study
Barriers to Healthcare and Self-Reported Adverse Outcomes for Autistic Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study
Barriers to Healthcare for Australian Autistic Adults
Being, Knowing and Doing: Importing Theoretical Toolboxes for Autism Studies
Bethany’s Story, the Importance and Value of Involving Autistic People, and the Difference This Made
Beyond Accommodations: Supporting Autistic Professionals in Education Practice Based Guide for Employers and Employees
BIPOC Authors
Black Mental Health Manifesto
“Before people see the autism, they see my race”: An intersectional Exploration of the Lived Experiences of Masking and Camouflaging Black Autistic Girls in UK Education Using IPA and DisCrit
Bridge of Hope. Careers
Brightfire CIC
“Building a Person”: Legal and Clinical Personhood for Autistic and Trans Children in Ontario
Building a Trauma-Informed Restorative School: Skills and Approaches for Improving Culture and Behaviour
Building Better Relationships? Interrogating the ‘Black Box’ of a Statutory Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme: Summary of Thesis and Key Findings Report
Centering the Inner Experience of Autism: Development of the Self-Assessment of Autistic Traits
Chapter 4: Autism and the ‘Double Empathy Problem’ IN Conversations on Empathy: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Empathy, Imagination and Othering
Characterization of Special Interests in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Brief Review and Pilot Study Using the Special Interests Survey
Citizens Advice
Civil Legal Advice
Clare's Law and Domestic Violence Disclosure Schemes
Comparing Narrative Writing of Autistic and Non-Autistic College Students
Confirming the Nature of Autistic Burnout
Considerations of the Built Environment for Autistic Individuals: A Review of the Literature
Co-Occurring Physical Health Challenges in Neurodivergent Children and Young People: A Topical Review and Recommendation
Co-Production: An Introduction
Co-Production in Mental Health: Not Just Another Guide
Co-Production: What It Is and How To Do It
Creating Your Own Access Rider
Culture of Care Standards for Mental Health Inpatient Services
Design for Dementia, Mental Health and Wellbeing: Co-Design, Interventions and Policy
Design for the Mind – Neurodiversity and the Built Environment – Guide
Designing Mind-Friendly Environments: Architecture and Design for Everyone
Developing Inclusive Criminal Justice Responses and Support for Survivors
Diagnosis as a New Beginning Not An End: A Participatory Photovoice Study on Navigating an Autism Diagnosis in Adulthood
Digital Break Up
Disability Discrimination
Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes and Neurodiversity
Do No Harm: Can School Mental Health Interventions Cause Iatrogenic Harm?
Double Empathy: Why Autistic People Are Often Misunderstood
Eating Disorders and Neurodivergence a Stepped Care Approach
Emotionally-Based School Avoidance in Neurodivergent Children and The Discriminatory System of Prosecution
Empirical Failures of the Claim that Autistic People Lack a Theory of Mind
Engaging and Working with Neurodivergent Young People Impacted by Unhealthy Relationships/Coercive Controlling Behaviour
Ethical Challenges in Autism Genomics: Recommendations for Researchers
Evidence That Nine Autistic Women Out of Ten Have Been Victims of Sexual Violence
Exploring the Experiences of Autistic Transgender and Non-Binary Adults in Seeking Gender Identity Healthcare
For Whose Benefit? Evidence, Ethics and Effectiveness of Autism Interventions
From Hurt to Hope: Stories of Mental Health, Mental Illness and Being Autistic
G&CC Summit Support Organisations
Galop (LGBT+ Abuse and Violence Survivors Support)
Get Smart Project Resources
Going to the Polls: A Simplified Guide to Polling Day
Good Practice Guide for Professionals Delivering Talking Therapies for Autistic Adults and Children
Guide to PBS and ABA for professionals, parents and caregivers
Happier on the Outside? Discourses of Exclusion, Disempowerment and Belonging from Former Autistic School Staff
How Long Does Autistic Burnout Last?
How to Be an Antiracist
How to Talk About Autistic Ways of Being
How You See Me Matters: Perspectives of Autistic People Using Primary Care Services
Human Diversity in Acoustics. Towards a More Inclusive Sound Environment
ICARS Report England
Identification and Treatment of Individuals with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Substance use Disorder: An Expert Consensus Statement
‘I Don't Know what is Autism, what is Normal Teenage Behaviour, and What is Naughtiness’: Conceptualising Child and Adolescent to Parent Violence in the Context of Neurodevelopmental Difference
“I Felt Like I Deserved It Because I Was Autistic”: Understanding the Impact of Interpersonal Victimisation on the Lives of Autistic People.
Improving the Sensory Environments of Mental Health In-Patient Facilities for Autistic Children and Young People
Inclusive Education for Autistic Children: Helping Children and Young People to Learn and Flourish in the Classroom
Increased Rates of Chronic Physical Health Conditions Across all Organ Systems in Autistic Adolescents and Adults
Interoception and Regulation: Teaching Skills of Body Awareness and Supporting Connection with Others
Interoception: The Eighth Sensory System: Practical Solutions for Improving Self-Regulation, Self-Awareness and Social Understanding of Individuals with Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders
"It Is a Big Spider Web of Things”: Sensory Experiences of Autistic Adults in Public Spaces
‘It just feels unnatural being here’: Autistic Secondary School Students’ Experiences of Sensory Sensitivities in the School Environment

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