Resources to support us are vast and diverse. This random collection is vetted by myself and/or clients:
Autistic therapists:
http://www.embraceautism.com
Autistic business owners supporting Autistic individuals:
Wilderwood Equine Therapy https://wilderwoodequinetherapy.org/
SensaCalm https://www.sensacalm.com/
Ocate Cliffs
Practical tools like the organizational app designed specifically for ASD folk
Tiimo https://www.tiimoapp.com/
Bullet Journaling, a fantastic hands-on organizing framework designed by and for our neurodivergent cousins with ADHD. https://bulletjournal.com/ a
Books which I utilize in sessions:
Dr. Stephen Porges' work with our Polyvagal Nervous System;
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana, LCSW
Holly Bridges' Reframe Your Thinking Around Autism ("cliff notes" of Dr. Porges' work)
Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price, Ph.D (autistic)
Unmasking Autism by Devon Price, Ph.D. (autistic)
Dissociation Made Simple: A Stigma-Free Guide to Embracing You Dissociative Mind and Navigating Daily Life by Jamie Marich, PhD
The Book of Forgiving by Revs. Tutu
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life by Marshall Rosenberg, PhD
Becoming What You Need: Practices for Embodying Nonviolent Communication by David Weinstock
The Body Keeps The Score: Brain, Mind, and Body In The Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Sarah Lewis
BE 2.0 by Jim Collins
Center Can Not Hold by
Don't Shoot The Dog by Karen Pryor
The Dialectial Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook 2nd Edition, Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation & Distress Tolerance by McKay PhD, Wood PhD, and Brantley MD.
Mastering Your Adult ADHD: A Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment Program by Safren, Sprich, Perlman, and Otto 2nd edition
Rising Strong: The Reckoning. The Rumble. The Revolution.; and Daring Greatly by Brene' Brown LCSW
Wheesht: creative making in uncertain times and Handywomen by Kate Davies
Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In by Fisher and Ury
The Nine Degrees of Autism: A Developmental Model by Wylie, Lawson, Beardon
Waking the Tiger and Healing Trauma by Peter A. Levine Ph.D
We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation by Eric Garcia (autistic)
Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think In Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions by Temple Grandin (autistic)
Dr. Charlotte Kasl's work 16-Steps to Empowerment
Websites:
National Autism Academy https://www.naalearning.com/
Spectrum Women https://www.spectrumwomen.com
Spectrum News www.spectrumnews.com