Neurodivergence, including autism and ADHD
Please note: the inclusion of information, organizations & individuals below does not constitute a personal recommendation and/or guaranteed experience—but does identify entities and resources that have been identified gender/neurodiversity/LGBTQIA+ affirming.
Neurodivergence:
Throw Away the Master’s Tools: Liberating Ourselves from the Pathology Paradigm
Disability Information in MA for parents and families of children and adults with high support needs
What You Need to Know About Neurodiversity
Neuroqueer Heresies, Nick Walker: wonderful book on the neurodiversity paradigm
ADHD:
ADDITUDE, Inside the ADHD mind (magazine and website)
Everything you thought you knew about ADHD is wrong, by Jess Joho
What is Executive Functioning?
Autism:
Introduction to Autism, Part 1: What is Autism
After an Autism Diagnosis: 13 Necessary Next Steps For Parents
Thinking Person’s Guide to Autism Autism news and resources from autistic people, professionals and parents
Yo Samdy Sam, Autistic YouTuber with many videos explaining autism and myths
100-ish Books on Autism and Neurodiversity
Autism Diagnosis
Seeking an Autism Diagnosis? Here is Why You Might Want to Rethink That? by Devin Price
Self-Diagnosis Isn't 'Valid'. It's Liberatory by Devin Price
Self-Diagnosis Tools
The Cat-Q : https://embraceasd.com/cat-q/
The Raads-R : https://www.aspietests.org/raads/
The RDOS Aspie quiz: https://www.aspietests.org/raads/
PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance)
Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA)
PDA by PDAers, From Anxiety to Avoidance and Masking to Meltdowns, Compiled by Sally Cat
Autism and Demand Avoidance (video)
Reframing PDA: The Power of an Autistic Perspective
Excellent Comprehensive PDA Resources
Intersectionality:
At the Crossroads: Neurodivergence and Gender
Gendervague: At the Intersection of Autistic and Trans Experiences
Gender and Sexuality in Autism Explained
They Thought It Was an Obsession: Trajectories and Perspectives of Autistic Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescents, Strang et al (2018)
Intersectionality Books (Lived Experience)
Trans and Autistic: Stories from Life at the Intersection, Noah Adams and Bridget Liang
Spectrums, Autistic Transgender People in Their Own Words, by Maxfield Sparrow
Gender Identity, Sexuality and Autism, Voices from Across the Spectrum by Mendes and Maroney
The Autistic Trans Guide to Life by Yenn Purkis and Wenn Lawson
Books for Parents:
Your Child is Not Broken: Parent Your Neurodivergent Child Without Losing Your Marbles, by Heidi Mavir
Supporting Transgender Autistic Youth and Adults, Finn Gratton
The Explosive Child, by Ross Greene
Mona Delahooke, Beyond Behaviors
https://monadelahooke.com/videos/
Self-Reg book by Stuart Shanker
Books for Adults
Unmasking Autism, by Devon Price
What I Mean When I Say I'm Autistic: Unpuzzling a Life on the Autism Spectrum, by Annie Kotowicz
Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism, Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Support:
AANE, Asperger/Autism Network