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Books by Autistic authors

2023-07-18T00:17:38Z

NeurodiversityInPrincipal: Addition of website by @Lilly Jade https://autismbooksbyautisticauthors.com/

In 2022, an Autistic known as @Lilly_Jade created the page, Autism Books by Autistic Authors. It is a project designed to catalogue all books—non-fiction and fiction—written about autism by Autistic authors. As of this edit, the current number of books listed is 910.

Books are categorized by type, such as picture book, graphic novel, novel.
For more information, see:

https://autismbooksbyautisticauthors.com/

== English books <span class="mw-customtoggle-0"><span class="mw-customtoggletext"><span class="mw-customtoggle-0" style="font-size:small; display:inline-block; float:right;">[Show/hide]</span></span></span>==
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! Year !! Title !! Author(s)
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| 2019 || ''[[Keep Clear: my adventures with Asperger's]]'' || Tom Cutler
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| 2010 || ''[[A Field Guide to Earthlings]]'' || Star Ford
|-
| 2017 || ''[[All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Racialized Autism]]'' || edited by E. Ashkenazy, Lydia X. Z. Brown, Morénike Giwa Onaiwu
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Autistic and Expecting: Practical Support for Parents to Be, and Health and Social Care Practitioners]]'' || Alexis Quinn
|-
| 2021 || ''[[The Oscillations]]'' || Kate Fox
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Ten Steps to Nanette]]'' || Hannah Gadsby
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Trauma, Stigma, and Autism: Developing Resilience and Loosening the Grip of Shame]]'' || Gordon Gates
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Typed Words, Loud Voices]]'' || edited by Elizabeth J Grace, Amy Sequenzia
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Drama Queen: One Autistic Woman and a Life of Unhelpful Labels]]'' || Sara Gibbs
|-
| 1995 || ''[[Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism]]'' || Temple Grandin
|-
| 2015 || ''[[From Here to Maternity: Pregnancy and Motherhood on the Autism Spectrum]]'' || Lana Grant
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Stim: An Autistic Anthology]]'' || Lizzie Huxley-Jones (editor, essays are by autistic people)
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Odd Girl Out: An Autistic Woman in a Neurotypical World]]'' || Laura James
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Letters to My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism]]'' || Joanne Limburg
|-
| 2017 || ''[[The Autistic Alice]]'' || Joanne Limburg
|-
| 2018 || ''[[The Electricity of Every Living Thing: One Woman's Walk with Asperger's]]'' || Katherine May
|-
| 2022 || ''[[A Wild Child's Book of Birds]]'' || Dara McAnulty
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Diary of a Young Naturalist]]'' || Dara McAnulty
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Disability and the Church: A Vision for Diversity and Inclusion]]'' || Lamar Hardwick
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn't Designed for You]]'' || Jenara Nerenberg
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Wild Child: A Journey Through Nature]]'' || Dara McAnulty
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Naming Adult Autism: Culture, Science, Identity]]'' || James McGrath
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Fingers in the Sparkle Jar: A Memoir]]'' || Chris Packham
|-
| 2022 || ''[[Unmasking Autism]]'' || Devon Price
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Goalkeeper: Memoir of Poet Peter Street]]'' || Peter Street
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Hidden Depths]]'' || Peter Street
|-
| 2015 || ''[[Older Adults and Autism Spectrum Conditions: An Introduction and Guide]]'' || Wenn B. Lawson (Author), Carol Povey (Foreword by)
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Thumbing from Lipik to Pakrac: New and Selected Poems]]'' || Peter Street
|-
| 2021 || ''[[The Autism Relationships Handbook: How to Thrive in Friendships, Dating, and Love]]'' || Joe Biel
|-
| 2016 || ''[[The Autism Spectrum Guide to Sexuality and Relationships: Understand Yourself and Make Choices That Are Right for You]]'' || Emma Goodall (Author), Wenn B. Lawson (Foreword by), Yenn Purkis (Foreword by)
|-
| 2021 || ''[[The Autistic Trans Guide to Life]]'' || Yenn Purkis (Author), Wenn B. Lawson (Author), Emma Goodall (Foreword by)
|-
| 1992 || ''[[Nobody Nowhere: The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autistic Girl]]'' || Donna Williams
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autism]]'' || Donna Williams
|-
| 2020 || ''[[Spectrum Women--Autism and Parenting]]'' || Renata Jurkevythz (Author), Maura Campbell (Author), Lisa Morgan (Author), Barb Cook (Foreword by)
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Spectrum Women: Walking to the Beat of Autism]]'' || edited by Barb Cook, Michelle Garnett
|-
| 2021 || ''[[Spoon Knife 5: Liminal]]'' || Alice Beecher, Allyson Shaw, Alyssa Gonzalez, Alyssa Hillary, Amara George Parker, Andrew M. Reichart, Athena "Tina" Monday, Brett Gaffney, Brianna Bullen, Cody Goodfellow, Craig Laurance Gidney, David Robinson, Dora M. Raymaker, Jessica Goody, Lucas Scheelk, Margaret Killjoy, Nick Walker, Noley Reid, Orrin Grey, Phil Smith, R. M. Conrad, Scott Nicolay, Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay, Verity Reynolds
|}

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== Dutch books <span class="mw-customtoggle-1"><span class="mw-customtoggletext"><span class="mw-customtoggle-1" style="font-size:small; display:inline-block; float:right;">[Show/hide]</span></span></span>==
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! Year !! Title !! Author(s)
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| 2020 || ''[[Lifehacks voor meiden met autisme]]'' || Marleen Bezemer, Els Blijd-Hoogewys and Audrey Mol
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| 2019 || ''[[Anders gaat ook: Hoe ik functioneer met autisme en ADHD]]'' || Elise Cordaro
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| 2021 || ''[[Aut of the box]]'' || Magali De Reu
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| 2019 || ''[[Maar je ziet er helemaal niet autistisch uit]]'' || Bianca Toeps
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| 2020 || ''[[Zondagsleven]]'' || Judith Visser
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| 2018 || ''[[Zondagskind]]'' || Judith Visser
|}

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== German books <span class="mw-customtoggle-2"><span class="mw-customtoggletext"><span class="mw-customtoggle-2" style="font-size:small; display:inline-block; float:right;">[Show/hide]</span></span></span>==
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! Year !! Title !! Author(s)
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| 2015 || ''[[Nicht normal, aber das richtig gut: Mein wunderbares Leben mit Autismus und ADHS]]'' || Denise Linke
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| 2014 || ''[[Schattenspringer - Wie es ist, anders zu sein]]'' || Daniela Schreiter
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== Children's books <span class="mw-customtoggle-3"><span class="mw-customtoggletext"><span class="mw-customtoggle-3" style="font-size:small; display:inline-block; float:right;">[Show/hide]</span></span></span>==
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! Year !! Title !! Author(s)
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| 2020 || ''[[A Kind of Spark]]'' || Elle McNicoll
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| 2021 || ''[[A Different Sort of Normal]]'' || Abigail Balfe
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| 2021 || ''[[Like a Charm]]'' || Elle McNicoll
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| 2021 || ''[[Show Us Who You Are]]'' || Elle McNicoll
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| 2019 || ''[[Me and Sam-Sam Handle the Apocalypse]]'' || Susan Vaught
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| 2022 || ''[[Ellen Outside the Lines]]'' || A.J. Sass
|}

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Welcome to the '''ActuallyAutistic Wiki'''! This is a community-driven guide to all aspects of autism, allism, and helping build bridges between neurotypes. It emerged recently from the #ActuallyAutistic community on Twitter.

== About this wiki ==

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== Terminology ==

=== Acronyms ===

* [[ADHD|Kinetism (ADHD)]]
* [[Overlapping neurotypes|AuDHD]]
* [[DCD]]
* [[EDS]]
* [[SPD]]
* [[ND]]
* [[Neurotypical|NT (Neurotypical)]]
* [[MH]]
* [[Special interest|SpIn/SpInt]]
* [[Rejection sensitive dysphoria|RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria)]]
* [[Positive Behavior Support (PBS)]] (What's that?)
* [[Augmentative and alternative communication|AAC]]
* [[Applied Behavior Analysis|Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)]]

=== General ===

* [[Autism]]
* [[Neurodiversity]]
* [[Neurodivergence]]
* [[Neurotypical]]
* [[Identity-first language]]
* [[Person-first language]]

* [[Allism]]
* [[Society]]

* [[Spoon theory]]
* [[Neuroqueer Theory]]

* [[Infodumping]]
* [[Stimming]]

* [[Neurokin]]
* [[Neuropeer]]

* [[Executive dysfunction]]
* [[Hyperfixation]]
* [[Hyperfocus]]
* [[Pathological demand avoidance]]

=== Autism specific ===

* [[Monotropism]]
* [[Inertia]]

* [[Masking]]
* [[Mirroring]]
* [[Scripting]]

* [[Meltdown]]
* [[Shutdown]]
* [[Autistic burnout]]

* [[Special interest]]
* [[Autistic joy]]
* [[Echolalia]]
* [[Parallel play]]

* [[Ritual]]
* [[Routine]]
* [[Safe foods]]

=== Other ===

* [[Grok]]
* [[Highly Sensitive Person]]
* [[Justice sensitivity]]
* [[Late diagnosis]]
* [[Rejection sensitive dysphoria]]
* [[Savant]]
* [[Miscellaneous terms]] - for similar/confusing terms and definitions that probably better in one place rather than multiple short articles

=== Outmoded terminology ===

While many autists have moved away from these terms, some continue to use them to describe their experience. Please remember that people may have complex reasons for the words they choose, and that differences in vocabulary are okay. In short, while it's important to understand how these outdated terms play to most autists, it's also not helpful to police other people's word choices.

* [[Asperger syndrome]]
* [[Functioning labels|High- and low-functioning]]
* [[On the spectrum]]
* [[Autism spectrum disorder|Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)]]

== List of Autistic traits (incomplete) ==

Not every autistic person necessarily has many of the traits listed below, but these traits do tend to show up more often in autistic people than in non-autistic people.

=== Core autistic traits ===

* [[Autistic empathy]]
* [[Sensory sensitivity|Hyper-senses & hypo-senses]]
* [[Preference for certainty]]
* [[Routine]] / [[Ritual]]
* [[Special interest|Special interests]]
* [[Stimming]]

=== Autistic nonverbal communication ===

* [[Eye contact|Eye contact avoidance]]
* [[Flat affect]]
* [[Flat facing]]
* [[Being an "old soul"]]

=== Autistic verbal communication ===

* [[Accent mimicry]]
* [[Bluntness]] [[Direct]]
* [[Selective mutism|Conditional Mutism]] [[circumstantial or situational mutism]]
* [[Difficulty lying]]
* [[Monotone voice]]
* [[Reframing]]
* [[Verbal footnoting]]
* [[Nonspeaking]]
* [[Phone calls|Phone call avoidance]]
* [[Wordplay]]
* [[Aphasia]]
* [[Auditory processing disorder|Auditory processing difficulties]]
* [[Infodumping|Preference for infodumping]]
* [[Thinking in pictures and struggling to articulate said picture into words]]
* [[Autistic speech prosody]]

=== Gender and sexuality ===

* [[Gender]]
* [[Autigender]]
* [[Autism and LGBTQ+]]
* [[Peritiosexual]]
* [[Xenogender]]
* [[Asexuality]]
** [[Demisexuality]]
* [[Aromanticism]]
* [[Aplatonicism]]

=== Imperatives and neurological ===

* [[Resistance to bias]]
* [[Dissociation]]
* [[Irrational fears, neurological]]
* [[Divergent stress triggers]]
* [[Divergent touch needs]]
* [[Ethical fearlessness]]
* [[Experiential recreation]]
* [[Gullibility]]
* [[Inability to intuit the "point of diminishing returns"]]
* [[Intense world theory]]
* [[Median (plurality)]]
* [[Nonlinear contradiction response]]
* [[Pattern recognition]]
* [[Preference for certainty]]
* [[Prosopagnosia]]
* [[Plurality]]
* [[Susceptibility to trauma]]
* [[Sympathetic animism]]
* [[name? Willful Sensorium Override]]

=== Familial ===

* [[Autistic relatives]]
* [[Multigenerational disability]]

=== Memory ===

* [[Atypical autobiographical and episodic memory]]
* [[Emotion memory imprinting]]
* [[Childhood amnesia]]

=== Psychological ===

* [[Cat empathy]]
* [[Empathy#Hyper-empathy|Hyper-empathy]]
* [[Empathy#Hypo-empathy|Hypo-empathy]]
* [[Preference for animation]]
* [[Preference for autistically coded characters]]
* [[Gravitate towards other neurodivergents]]
* [[Hyper-phantasia]] empathising with inanimate objects.

=== Physical ===

* [[Arthritis]]
* [[Autistic baby face]]
* [[Hypermobility]]
* [[Toe walking]]

=== Traumagenic Autistic traits ===

* [[Over-apologizing]]
* [[People pleasing]]
* [[High mortality rate]]
* [[Irrational fears, logical]]
{{Comment|(Contradiction...?) --[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)}}
{{Comment|No, they are logical fears that are irrational out of context of ND.}}
{{Comment|I think the page could be titled differently then, it sounds very ambiguous/unclear to me? --[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)}}
* [[Social anxiety]]
* [[Pathological demand avoidance/pervasive drive for autonomy]] [[extreme demand avoidance]] the following description is purely hypothetical and not composed in consultation with the adult PDA community: the combination of Autism and ADHD driving a non-stop rollercoaster ride of fight or flight responses (the autism wanting routine and the adhd wanting spontaneity) feeding the need to claw back control, reducing the brains capacity to regulate and rationalise likely resulting in crashes and observable ‘extreme reactions’ to what may be perceived as minor events. (This is what I am currently working on as part of my MA in Autism).

=== Additional Autistic traits ===

* [[Comorbid interference traits]]
* [[Overlapping Autistic traits]]

=== Co-Existing Characteristics/Conditions (formerly titled ‘Comorbidities’) ===

* [[ADHD]]
* [[Allergies and Sensitivities (See also MCDs)]]
* [[Anxiety]]
* [[Apraxia]]
* [[Bipolar disorder]]
* [[Borderline personality disorder|Borderline/EUPD]]
* [[Complex post-traumatic stress disorder|CPTSD]]
* [[Depression]]
* [[Dysautonomia]]
* [[Dyscalculia]]
* [[Dyslexia]]
* [[Dysgraphia]]
* [[Dyspraxia]]
* [[Eating disorders / ARFID]]
* [[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome|EDS]]
* [[Hypermobility]]
* [[Hyperlexia]]
* [[Migraine]]
* [[MCDs: Mast Cell Diseases / Disorders including forms of MCAS, HaTS and Mastocytosis]]
* [[Obsessive-compulsive disorder|OCD]]
* [[PMDD Premenstrual Dysphoria Disorder]]
* [[PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder]]
* [[Stress Incontinence]]

== Information and sensory processing ==

=== Information processing differences ===

* [[Aphasia]]
* [[Auditory processing disorder]]
* [[Dyslexia]]
* [[Dyspraxia]]
* [[Dyscalculia]]
* [[Dysgraphia]]
* [[Hyperlexia]]
* [[Misokinesia]]
* [[Misophonia]]
* [[Prosopagnosia]]
* [[Synesthesia]]

=== Senses ===

Many autistics have differences in their senses, such as maybe hypersensitive to sound but hyposensitive to smell. These articles should try to document examples of both types as well as potential ways to compensate.

* [[Auditory perception|Hearing]]
* [[Gastro-intestinal problems]]
* [[Interoception]]
* [[Pain]]
* [[Proprioception]]
* [[Sensory overload]]
* [[Sensory sensitivity]]
* [[Synesthesia|Synesthesia]]
* [[Olfactory perception|Smell]]
* [[Gustatory perception|Taste]]
* [[Tactile perception|Touch]] (texture, temperature)
* [[Vestibular perception]]
* [[Visual perception|Vision]]
* [[Aural sensitivity to electronics]]

== Autistic survival guide ==

=== Allistic sociology 101 ===

* [[Society]]
* [[Ableism]]
* [[Gender]]
* [[Gossip]]
* [[Group dynamics]]
* [[Peer group]]
* [[Phatic expression]]
* [[Saving face]]
* [[Small talk]]
* [[Social power]]
* [[Social contract]]
* [[Social status]]

==== Culture-specific differences ====

* [[Ask and guess cultures]]
* [[High and low context cultures]]
* [[Peach and coconut cultures]]

=== Psychology 101 ===

* [[Alexithymia]]
* [[Anger]]
* [[Anxiety]]
* [[Defence mechanism]]
* [[Depression]]
* [[Empathy]]
* [[Imposter syndrome]]
* [[Learned helplessness]]
* [[Overthinking]]
* [[People pleasing]]
* [[Rumination]]
* [[Social anxiety]]
* [[Theory of mind]]
* [[Trauma]]
* [[Trauma bonding]]
* [[Trauma response]]

=== Neurology 101 ===

* [[Overlapping neurotypes]]

=== Communication and miscommunication ===

* [[Common sense]]
* [[The Double Empathy Problem]]
* [[Getting coffee]]
* [[Literal interpretation]]
* [[Multi-channel communication]]
* [[Pragmatics]]
** [[Body language]]
** [[Eye contact]]
** [[Facial expression|Facial expressions]]
** [[Tone of voice]]
** [[Implication]]
* [[Responding to "How are you?"]]
* [[Social cue|Social cues]]
* [[Idioms]]

=== Office and work dynamics ===

* [[Corporate buzzwords]]
* [[HR interviews]]
* [[Job interviews]]
* [[Meetings]]
* [[Networking]]
* [[Team building / work socials]]
* [[Water cooler]]

=== Dating and relationships ===

* [[Autistic love languages]]
* [[Online dating]]
* [[Neurodivergent relationship|Neurodivergent relationships]]
* [[Neurodivergent sexuality]]

=== Accommodations and support ===

* [[Augmentative and alternative communication|AAC]]
* [[Autism passport]]
* [[Clear instructions]]
* [[Hidden disabilities sunflower]]
* [[Noise-cancelling headphones]]
* [[Support networks and organisations]]

=== Diagnostic journey ===

* [[Formal diagnosis]]
* [[Overlapping neurotypes|Multiple diagnoses]]
* [[Questioning]]
* [[Research]]
* [[Screening tools]]
* [[Self-diagnosis]]

=== Mental health ===

* [[Difficulties with mental health services]]
* [[Depression]]

== Autism "research" and "therapy" ==

Mainstream research on autism is often problematic in various ways.

* [[Autism Speaks]]
* [[Autism stereotypes]]
* [[Bias]]
* [[Deficit model]]
* [[Functioning labels]]
* [[Ethics of autism research]]
* [[History of autism]]
* [[The pathology paradigm|Pathology paradigm]]
* [[Stigma]]
* [[Applied_Behavior_Analysis|Applied behavior analysis]]
* [[Violence against Autistic people]]

== Resources ==

=== Media ===

* [[Books by Autistic authors]]
* [[Podcasts and Websites by Autistic creators]]
* [[Autistic representation in fiction]]
* [[Symbols of Autism]]

=== Social media ===

* [[Instagram]]
* [[TikTok]]
* [[Tumblr]]
* [[Twitter]]
* [[YouTube]]
* [[Blogs and Websites]]

=== Autistic culture ===

* [[Autistic public figures]]
* [[Aspie Humour]]
* [[Autistic artists]]

=== Articles and threads ===

* [[Articles]]
* [["Am I Autistic?" Guide]]
* [[Autism without trauma]]
* [[Non-derogatory DSM-5 diagnosis criteria for Autism]]
* [[Signs you might be autistic]]
* [[Accidentally open secrets regarding Autism]]

== Unsure about where to put something? Just put it here! ==

* [[Things we need good names for]]

Main Page

2023-07-17T23:58:20Z

NeurodiversityInPrincipal: /* Comorbidities */

Welcome to the '''ActuallyAutistic Wiki'''! This is a community-driven guide to all aspects of autism, allism, and helping build bridges between neurotypes. It emerged recently from the #ActuallyAutistic community on Twitter.

== About this wiki ==

* '''Everyone is welcome to contribute to this wiki!'''
* You can '''edit any page''' without even having an account. Just hit the 'Edit' link on any page (including this one!). ''Important privacy note'': editing a page without having an account or without being logged in will show your IP address publicly in the changelog/history of a page.
* The number one rule of wiki editing is to be bold. '''Go ahead – make changes — even large rewrites of big topics'''. Other people can correct any mistakes you make, so have confidence, and give it a try!
** If you disagree with what someone else has put, please consider adding a [[Help:Style guidelines#Comments|note of disagreement]] and what you think/would do after that section, especially if it could be something that varies by country or even situations or if you want to change it to/from an absolute (such as job interviews or eye gaze)
* None of the content here is sacred. Please just make changes, even to articles on 'major' topics! Some of the articles are just starter content or from a particular person's perspective. Earlier versions can always be restored if necessary. '''These are all collaborative documents'''.

== How to contribute ==

* Here is a [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Starting_a_new_page short guide] on how to create a new wiki page from scratch! Please check first whether a similar page already exists to avoid duplicates.
* Here are some of our [[Help:Style guidelines|style guidelines]] if you're unsure about formatting etc. But '''don't worry or overthink too much about "getting things right"''', these are not "hard rules" – and everything can be edited, formatted & moved later without issue anyway! :)
* Please remember that '''links are CASE SENSITIVE'''. When linking to a missing page, whichever case you use will be created when someone follows the link and makes that new page. Linking to existing articles is case sensitive for every letter ''except'' the first one. Lowercasing or capitalizing a letter other than the first one will break the link / not link to the page you want. Please read [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Links this guide on links] if you want to use them!
* Do you have some '''feedback, questions or suggestions''' about this wiki project? Feel free to add them [[Talk:Meta|here]]!

== Meta ==

* [[Community guidelines]]
* [[Help:Style guidelines|Style guidelines]]
* [[Talk:Meta|Feedback, questions and suggestions]]

* Looking for stuff to do, but unsure where to start?
** [[Please help these pages]]
*** [[Add stuff here please]]
*** [[Review please]]
** [[special:AllPages|View all pages]]
** [[Special:Categories|View all categories]]

== Terminology ==

=== Acronyms ===

* [[ADHD|Kinetism (ADHD)]]
* [[Overlapping neurotypes|AuDHD]]
* [[DCD]]
* [[EDS]]
* [[SPD]]
* [[ND]]
* [[Neurotypical|NT (Neurotypical)]]
* [[MH]]
* [[Special interest|SpIn/SpInt]]
* [[Rejection sensitive dysphoria|RSD (Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria)]]
* [[Positive Behavior Support (PBS)]] (What's that?)
* [[Augmentative and alternative communication|AAC]]
* [[Applied Behavior Analysis|Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)]]

=== General ===

* [[Autism]]
* [[Neurodiversity]]
* [[Neurodivergence]]
* [[Neurotypical]]
* [[Identity-first language]]
* [[Person-first language]]

* [[Allism]]
* [[Society]]

* [[Spoon theory]]
* [[Neuroqueer Theory]]

* [[Infodumping]]
* [[Stimming]]

* [[Neurokin]]
* [[Neuropeer]]

* [[Executive dysfunction]]
* [[Hyperfixation]]
* [[Hyperfocus]]
* [[Pathological demand avoidance]]

=== Autism specific ===

* [[Monotropism]]
* [[Inertia]]

* [[Masking]]
* [[Mirroring]]
* [[Scripting]]

* [[Meltdown]]
* [[Shutdown]]
* [[Autistic burnout]]

* [[Special interest]]
* [[Autistic joy]]
* [[Echolalia]]
* [[Parallel play]]

* [[Ritual]]
* [[Routine]]
* [[Safe foods]]

=== Other ===

* [[Grok]]
* [[Highly Sensitive Person]]
* [[Justice sensitivity]]
* [[Late diagnosis]]
* [[Rejection sensitive dysphoria]]
* [[Savant]]
* [[Miscellaneous terms]] - for similar/confusing terms and definitions that probably better in one place rather than multiple short articles

=== Outmoded terminology ===

While many autists have moved away from these terms, some continue to use them to describe their experience. Please remember that people may have complex reasons for the words they choose, and that differences in vocabulary are okay. In short, while it's important to understand how these outdated terms play to most autists, it's also not helpful to police other people's word choices.

* [[Asperger syndrome]]
* [[Functioning labels|High- and low-functioning]]
* [[On the spectrum]]
* [[Autism spectrum disorder|Autism spectrum disorder (ASD)]]

== List of Autistic traits (incomplete) ==

Not every autistic person necessarily has many of the traits listed below, but these traits do tend to show up more often in autistic people than in non-autistic people.

=== Core autistic traits ===

* [[Autistic empathy]]
* [[Sensory sensitivity|Hyper-senses & hypo-senses]]
* [[Preference for certainty]]
* [[Routine]] / [[Ritual]]
* [[Special interest|Special interests]]
* [[Stimming]]

=== Autistic nonverbal communication ===

* [[Eye contact|Eye contact avoidance]]
* [[Flat affect]]
* [[Flat facing]]
* [[Being an "old soul"]]

=== Autistic verbal communication ===

* [[Accent mimicry]]
* [[Bluntness]] [[Direct]]
* [[Selective mutism|Conditional Mutism]] [[circumstantial or situational mutism]]
* [[Difficulty lying]]
* [[Monotone voice]]
* [[Reframing]]
* [[Verbal footnoting]]
* [[Nonspeaking]]
* [[Phone calls|Phone call avoidance]]
* [[Wordplay]]
* [[Aphasia]]
* [[Auditory processing disorder|Auditory processing difficulties]]
* [[Infodumping|Preference for infodumping]]
* [[Thinking in pictures and struggling to articulate said picture into words]]
* [[Autistic speech prosody]]

=== Gender and sexuality ===

* [[Gender]]
* [[Autigender]]
* [[Autism and LGBTQ+]]
* [[Peritiosexual]]
* [[Xenogender]]
* [[Asexuality]]
** [[Demisexuality]]
* [[Aromanticism]]
* [[Aplatonicism]]

=== Imperatives and neurological ===

* [[Resistance to bias]]
* [[Dissociation]]
* [[Irrational fears, neurological]]
* [[Divergent stress triggers]]
* [[Divergent touch needs]]
* [[Ethical fearlessness]]
* [[Experiential recreation]]
* [[Gullibility]]
* [[Inability to intuit the "point of diminishing returns"]]
* [[Intense world theory]]
* [[Median (plurality)]]
* [[Nonlinear contradiction response]]
* [[Pattern recognition]]
* [[Preference for certainty]]
* [[Prosopagnosia]]
* [[Plurality]]
* [[Susceptibility to trauma]]
* [[Sympathetic animism]]
* [[name? Willful Sensorium Override]]

=== Familial ===

* [[Autistic relatives]]
* [[Multigenerational disability]]

=== Memory ===

* [[Atypical autobiographical and episodic memory]]
* [[Emotion memory imprinting]]
* [[Childhood amnesia]]

=== Psychological ===

* [[Cat empathy]]
* [[Empathy#Hyper-empathy|Hyper-empathy]]
* [[Empathy#Hypo-empathy|Hypo-empathy]]
* [[Preference for animation]]
* [[Preference for autistically coded characters]]
* [[Gravitate towards other neurodivergents]]
* [[Hyper-phantasia]] empathising with inanimate objects.

=== Physical ===

* [[Arthritis]]
* [[Autistic baby face]]
* [[Hypermobility]]
* [[Toe walking]]

=== Traumagenic Autistic traits ===

* [[Over-apologizing]]
* [[People pleasing]]
* [[High mortality rate]]
* [[Irrational fears, logical]]
{{Comment|(Contradiction...?) --[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)}}
{{Comment|No, they are logical fears that are irrational out of context of ND.}}
{{Comment|I think the page could be titled differently then, it sounds very ambiguous/unclear to me? --[[User:Fochti|Fochti]] ([[User talk:Fochti|talk]]) 18:56, 26 August 2022 (UTC)}}
* [[Social anxiety]]
* [[Pathological demand avoidance/pervasive drive for autonomy]] [[extreme demand avoidance]] the following description is purely hypothetical and not composed in consultation with the adult PDA community: the combination of Autism and ADHD driving a non-stop rollercoaster ride of fight or flight responses (the autism wanting routine and the adhd wanting spontaneity) feeding the need to claw back control, reducing the brains capacity to regulate and rationalise likely resulting in crashes and observable ‘extreme reactions’ to what may be perceived as minor events. (This is what I am currently working on as part of my MA in Autism).

=== Additional Autistic traits ===

* [[Comorbid interference traits]]
* [[Overlapping Autistic traits]]

=== Co-Existing Characteristics/Conditions (formerly titled ‘Comorbidities’ ===

* [[ADHD]]
* [[Allergies and Sensitivities (See also MCDs)]]
* [[Anxiety]]
* [[Apraxia]]
* [[Bipolar disorder]]
* [[Borderline personality disorder|Borderline/EUPD]]
* [[Complex post-traumatic stress disorder|CPTSD]]
* [[Depression]]
* [[Dysautonomia]]
* [[Dyscalculia]]
* [[Dyslexia]]
* [[Dysgraphia]]
* [[Dyspraxia]]
* [[Eating disorders / ARFID]]
* [[Ehlers-Danlos syndrome|EDS]]
* [[Hypermobility]]
* [[Hyperlexia]]
* [[Migraine]]
* [[MCDs: Mast Cell Diseases / Disorders including forms of MCAS, HaTS and Mastocytosis]]
* [[Obsessive-compulsive disorder|OCD]]
* [[PMDD Premenstrual Dysphoria Disorder]]
* [[PTSD Post Traumatic Stress Disorder]]
* [[Stress Incontinence]]

== Information and sensory processing ==

=== Information processing differences ===

* [[Aphasia]]
* [[Auditory processing disorder]]
* [[Dyslexia]]
* [[Dyspraxia]]
* [[Dyscalculia]]
* [[Dysgraphia]]
* [[Hyperlexia]]
* [[Misokinesia]]
* [[Misophonia]]
* [[Prosopagnosia]]
* [[Synesthesia]]

=== Senses ===

Many autistics have differences in their senses, such as maybe hypersensitive to sound but hyposensitive to smell. These articles should try to document examples of both types as well as potential ways to compensate.

* [[Auditory perception|Hearing]]
* [[Gastro-intestinal problems]]
* [[Interoception]]
* [[Pain]]
* [[Proprioception]]
* [[Sensory overload]]
* [[Sensory sensitivity]]
* [[Synesthesia|Synesthesia]]
* [[Olfactory perception|Smell]]
* [[Gustatory perception|Taste]]
* [[Tactile perception|Touch]] (texture, temperature)
* [[Vestibular perception]]
* [[Visual perception|Vision]]
* [[Aural sensitivity to electronics]]

== Autistic survival guide ==

=== Allistic sociology 101 ===

* [[Society]]
* [[Ableism]]
* [[Gender]]
* [[Gossip]]
* [[Group dynamics]]
* [[Peer group]]
* [[Phatic expression]]
* [[Saving face]]
* [[Small talk]]
* [[Social power]]
* [[Social contract]]
* [[Social status]]

==== Culture-specific differences ====

* [[Ask and guess cultures]]
* [[High and low context cultures]]
* [[Peach and coconut cultures]]

=== Psychology 101 ===

* [[Alexithymia]]
* [[Anger]]
* [[Anxiety]]
* [[Defence mechanism]]
* [[Depression]]
* [[Empathy]]
* [[Imposter syndrome]]
* [[Learned helplessness]]
* [[Overthinking]]
* [[People pleasing]]
* [[Rumination]]
* [[Social anxiety]]
* [[Theory of mind]]
* [[Trauma]]
* [[Trauma bonding]]
* [[Trauma response]]

=== Neurology 101 ===

* [[Overlapping neurotypes]]

=== Communication and miscommunication ===

* [[Common sense]]
* [[The Double Empathy Problem]]
* [[Getting coffee]]
* [[Literal interpretation]]
* [[Multi-channel communication]]
* [[Pragmatics]]
** [[Body language]]
** [[Eye contact]]
** [[Facial expression|Facial expressions]]
** [[Tone of voice]]
** [[Implication]]
* [[Responding to "How are you?"]]
* [[Social cue|Social cues]]
* [[Idioms]]

=== Office and work dynamics ===

* [[Corporate buzzwords]]
* [[HR interviews]]
* [[Job interviews]]
* [[Meetings]]
* [[Networking]]
* [[Team building / work socials]]
* [[Water cooler]]

=== Dating and relationships ===

* [[Autistic love languages]]
* [[Online dating]]
* [[Neurodivergent relationship|Neurodivergent relationships]]
* [[Neurodivergent sexuality]]

=== Accommodations and support ===

* [[Augmentative and alternative communication|AAC]]
* [[Autism passport]]
* [[Clear instructions]]
* [[Hidden disabilities sunflower]]
* [[Noise-cancelling headphones]]
* [[Support networks and organisations]]

=== Diagnostic journey ===

* [[Formal diagnosis]]
* [[Overlapping neurotypes|Multiple diagnoses]]
* [[Questioning]]
* [[Research]]
* [[Screening tools]]
* [[Self-diagnosis]]

=== Mental health ===

* [[Difficulties with mental health services]]
* [[Depression]]

== Autism "research" and "therapy" ==

Mainstream research on autism is often problematic in various ways.

* [[Autism Speaks]]
* [[Autism stereotypes]]
* [[Bias]]
* [[Deficit model]]
* [[Functioning labels]]
* [[Ethics of autism research]]
* [[History of autism]]
* [[The pathology paradigm|Pathology paradigm]]
* [[Stigma]]
* [[Applied_Behavior_Analysis|Applied behavior analysis]]
* [[Violence against Autistic people]]

== Resources ==

=== Media ===

* [[Books by Autistic authors]]
* [[Podcasts and Websites by Autistic creators]]
* [[Autistic representation in fiction]]
* [[Symbols of Autism]]

=== Social media ===

* [[Instagram]]
* [[TikTok]]
* [[Tumblr]]
* [[Twitter]]
* [[YouTube]]
* [[Blogs and Websites]]

=== Autistic culture ===

* [[Autistic public figures]]
* [[Aspie Humour]]
* [[Autistic artists]]

=== Articles and threads ===

* [[Articles]]
* [["Am I Autistic?" Guide]]
* [[Autism without trauma]]
* [[Non-derogatory DSM-5 diagnosis criteria for Autism]]
* [[Signs you might be autistic]]
* [[Accidentally open secrets regarding Autism]]

== Unsure about where to put something? Just put it here! ==

* [[Things we need good names for]]

Double empathy problem

2023-07-17T23:54:29Z

NeurodiversityInPrincipal: /* What Is It? */

{{Comment|Definition and history of the double [[Empathy|empathy]] problem.

If someone could get Damian Milton to write/contribute to this I would be a very happy bean.}}

== What Is It? ==
"The theory of the double empathy problem suggests that when people with very different experiences of the world interact with one another, they will struggle to empathize with each other"(Milton, 2018).

== History ==

== References ==
Milton, Damian (March 2, 2018). "The Double Empathy Problem". The National Autistic Society. Retrieved 26 February 2023. https://www.autism.org.uk/advice-and-guidance/professional-practice/double-empathy

Monotropism

2023-07-17T23:52:50Z

NeurodiversityInPrincipal: Monotropism is a theory of autism developed by autistic people, initially by Dinah Murray and Wenn Lawson. Read about explanations and applications of the theory, its history, and what’s happening now. Monotropic minds tend to have their attention pulled more strongly towards a smaller number of interests at any given time, leaving fewer resources for other processes. We argue that this can explain nearly all of the features commonly associated with autism, directly or indirectly. However, you d

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'''Monotropism''' is a theory that attempts to describe the autistic experience in a non-pathological way.<ref>[https://monotropism.org monotropism.org]</ref>

First developed by the late Dr. Dinah Murray and Wenn Lawson, both Autistic, Monotropism is a theory of Autism which helps to explain Autistic motivation and many Autistic ways of being. A summary of Murray and Lawson’s work can be found at Monotropism.org, a site created by Fergus Murray, son of the late Dinah Murray.

The site summarizes, “Monotropic minds tend to have their attention pulled more strongly towards a smaller number of interests at any given time, leaving fewer resources for other processes. We argue that this can explain nearly all of the features commonly associated with autism, directly or indirectly. However, you do not need to accept it as a general theory of autism in order for it to be a useful description of common autistic experiences and how to work with them.”

The site further suggests that Monotropism is one of the keys to understanding Autism, along with Milton’s Double Empathy Problem and the concept of Neurodiversity(a term first attributed to sociologist Judy Singer, but as of this writing, may have originated in earlier Autistic online spaces)

== References ==

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