Autism and ADD/ADHD Resources

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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