in this video I'm discussing seven autism books that you need these are my
top picks coming up
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guys I'm gonna be discussing 7 books and some I've never even seen anyone else
talk about about autism and how I think these are gonna help you in your life
and if you're a parent and they're definitely gonna help you before I get
started you know on Instagram I ask you to ask me questions and feature you guys
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video just like this ok the first question is from invisible spectrum
life and they said do you find it hard to relate to other aspies ever I don't
think I find it hard to relate to other people on the spectrum I feel like I
have good rapport with other people on the spectrum because we have similar
interests ok the next question here is from Samanthareis2 - and they said can
you make a video with some tips for parents of kids for autistic kids what
to do so much not to do love your channel yeah absolutely I am going to be
doing the whole series on like parent hacks for parents of kids who are on the
spectrum I started a series about parents who are on the spectrum so this
next two years is gonna be all about like parenting kids on the spectrum but
also give this video a like if you're excited for that video ok the next
question here is from DoctorWhovian 74 and they said do you think
that being on the spectrum plays a part in determining one's gender identity I
don't think so I feel like gender identity is what you're born with it's
who you are so it's like yeah you know I don't think that really plays a role
in that. Ok guys so I'm super excited what is this video for a long time and
yeah I'm super pumped let's get into it ok guys
I don't have every single book here with me that I'm going to talk about today so
I'll put a picture on the screen or the ones that are missing and the other ones
I do have here I will show you guys on the screen so first we were gonna look
at or talk about here is look into my eyes now this book is by a guy called
Dan Jones who's not me but he is a friend of mine ironically and he's also
a hypnotherapist so this book is about Asperger syndrome hypnotherapy and him
and his kind of life and growing up and stuff it's actually got a five-star
review on amazon which is pretty awesome and I think this was actually a
best-seller at one time now Dan is an author he has a bunch of other books out
and he has a very good insight into living with an autism spectrum condition
he was on a panel that I did in summer in the city recently and he had such a
good insight in talking about like life and family life with being on the
spectrum so his book I believe is gonna be very very useful for people who want
to just like read more about other people's lives with autism I think like
that's gonna be a really good one for you guys to get into okay guys my next
book here is looking for normal now looking for normal is this is a full
title looking for normal autism and other complicated stuff which is a
paperback book released by a guy called Steve Slavin or Slaven and this book is
basically how he had this like lifelong battle with like depression and social
anxiety having a diagnosis of autism and kind of like you know how he balanced that out
and stuff really interesting book I think he also has OCD as well so I
super relate to this guy if he had Dyslexia then you know we're just
like the same person basically very cool guy it's actually this book is
recommended because I bought another book which I'll get onto in a minute but
I feel like this one would really help people who are wanting to find someone
who they can relate to and kind of share those struggles and life issues with
people like that you know because I feel like you know we all have need someone
to to look at and oh yeah I feel like that too or shared those kind of
relative issues with I feel like that helps a lot of people and it's
therapeutic so definitely check that book out Oh guys all the links for the
books are in the description of below so make sure you go check them out if
you're a bio on the link is directly there to go straight to Amazon and buy
it Ok guys number three is a book which is very
close to my heart number three is actually become the force by me Daniel
Jones so yeah this is my book called become the force now the reason I put
this book in here and it's it's a Star Wars based philosophy book and you might be
like what is this going to do autism well the book there's two things one
it's talking about how like the Jedi in Star Wars have like a philosophy that
can help your life but on the other side it talks about me growing up with autism
and like how Star Wars was like an escape route for me and how I learned
certain things through Star Wars and how I feel like it's escapism and
franchising and obsessions are really good for people on the spectrum so
definitely check this book out if you want to get it you can actually get it
in Hungarian and Italian and is also an audiobook version available and you can get
it on Kindle as well so yeah definitely check out my book I'm
super proud of this is my first ever book my first ever publication and it
was actually on a publisher as well Watkins media super pumped link is in
description below please let me know if you already have this I know I've signed
a few of these when people come see me up like conventions and cons and stuff
like that so thank you so much for that okay guys let's move on to the next book
okay so this is number four and you remember something too about a book that
was recommended to me called looking for normal was recommended to me whilst I
was buying another book so the book I was buying whilst I was recommended that
it was actually this book and this book is the reason I jump now the reason I
jump was a book that we bought because Naomi my partner studied this when she
was in university because she's got like a degree in Childhood Studies all about
autism and Asperger's and so she bought this book called the reason I jumped by
somebody called nya Naoki Higashida okay I'm very dyslexic
so if I pronounced is wrong that I'm so sorry then this is actually I think was
this was dictated by no Naoki and then it was a guy called
David Mitchell who actually kind of like translated it and put it into like
actual word context because it's about a person who is autistic and them
expressed on the reasons why they do things like you know why do they stim
why do they jump why they seem to be misbehaving and all those kinds of
things and it's fascinating it was the first time somebody of an autism special
condition had put the stuff into words like that
it's just amazing and it was a very eye-opening book I mean they use it in
academia this book is like super super dope so I
would definitely recommend checking this book out I think you can get it
relatively cheap now because it's like you know mass-produced very very good
though I highly recommend it okay so number five this book just
jumped out at me when I was researching books for people on the spectrum I
wanted to find books that would relate to parents as works I know a lot of my
viewers are parents and I wanted to reach out to you guys directly and give
you something that you could take to help improve your life as well so this
is called autism how to raise a happy autistic child now I think this is just
on Kindle I'm not entirely sure the author is Jessie Hewitson and the book is super
cool it looks very good the cover looks amazing and it's kind of like a sat-nav
what they describe as our sat-nav for being like a parent you know and
navigating your way around having an autistic kid and the funny thing about
it is like it's really too happy artistic child on everyone wants to raise
their kids to be happy that's the reason you know you're doing your best at like
parenting so this book that would be definitely recommended for any parents
are they're looking for a book to get into or if you are not even a parent yet
and you think about having kids in the future and you're on the spectrum and
you know you're worried that or maybe you have an autistic child and you're
worried or have an autistic child but you shouldn't be worried because there's
awesome things like this book and you that can help them navigate people through
that so yeah definitely check out this book I found this one quite an
interesting not to check in and it seems to have a really good reason 55 reviews
on Amazon others like a 4.5 star mark on it which is pretty decent okay so number
six this one it was really really fun I wanted to make sure I had a selection of
different books in this video now this book is kind of aimed at children young
people and this book is called the Survival Guide for kids with autism
disorders or autism spectrum disorders oh and also has in brackets and their
parents so I guess parents could read this book as well so I think it's if I
can all round it kind of like those for the parents it goes to the kids I feel
like you can you know chop and change between them because I feel like parents
are gonna benefit from it as well but one of the things the reasons I
chose this book is because I wanted to find a book that you know younger people
on the spectrum could find a book that they related to and they can have fun
with as well because you know we all you know we're all at different ages in our
life you know and so some books aren't always at the same level as other people
so this one was written by an Elizabeth Verdict and yeah it's a like a positive
straightforward book that offers kids with Autism Spectrum Disorders their own
comprehensive resource for both understanding the condition and finding
tools to cope which I feel is super beneficial I highly recommend checking
this out if you're a kid or you have kids and you want to recommend good
books to your kids why not also if I was watching you like working at school
maybe get this book in might be kind of really good for the kids to read it okay
guys so the last book number seven now this book actually fell into my lap
almost literally so I did a sponsored video with a company called Sunday
says-- of Sundays or Sanderrr I can't remember what they are called anyway the company sent me a bunch of
stuff to review and I did the review but he also sent me this book now this book
is called living well on the spectrum how to use your strengths to meet the
challenges of Asperger syndrome / high functioning autism Valerie Gaus PhD now
she actually signed this and gave me like a little note inside this book it
was really nice them to send this to me and they wrote this like no and everything
inside this book I didn't know what to expect from it but it's very
comprehensive it's it's a great way to help somebody who's feeling like you
know less confident should I say at the moment or anyone on the spectrum who
feels like they're kind of not at a loss but like they're not as confident as you
want them to be they feel like they're a bit of an outcast and things like that
because we've all been there I felt like that as well and so this book is very
interesting and this is not the first time I've seen this book actually one of
my fans Holly her name was she came to my talk
in Birmingham and she was talking to me and she had this book as well and she's
been going through these different things as well so I find out that this
is pretty awesome and yeah there's so many activities in this book I found it
just super amazing to share this with you I'm like hey they sent it to me I
just felt so like blessed that someone sent me this book I haven't gotten
around to reading all of this yet I've actually breezed through it quite a bit
and I haven't done any of your tasks and never maybe I should definitely do some
of the tasks sometime soon but look it's a decent big book and if you're
interested by a doctor I think it's really good they were really nice to send me this
book and she's lovely she sent me like a really nice note and she enjoys the
work we do in the channel so I thought I would put a book in there because I
really think this could help some people who are looking for like strategies and
things too like activities within a book that's a super awesome
activities in a book you don't see that as these days you know these are
just a small snapshot of some of the books that are available and I just
wanted to give you seven other ones that I picked out right now I think I just
think the best ones that you could buy right now if you guys have any
suggestions I'd love to know so pop it in a comment in the comment section
below because I read every single comment and respond to every single one
and I'd love to open that dialogue with you also guys if you want to see another
book review of like a you know ten more books or like seven more books let me
know in the comments I'd love to know because if you're enjoying this type of
video I'd love to know to - okay guys we're gonna leave it there right now because
I've got loads of stuff to do but I'll see you next time guys peace