Please see below for a list of books and movies that have an autism connection. this was compiled by the Clinical Director of Gemma’s Applied Behavioral Analysis program (ABA).
Books
- Kids/Educational:
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- My Brother Charlie / Holly Robinson Peete
- Nathan’s Autism Spectrum Superpowers / Lori Leigh Yarborough
- Since We’re Friends: An Autism Picture Book / Celeste Shally
- I Am An Aspie Girl: A Book for Young Girls with Autism Spectrum Conditions / Danuta Bulhak-Paterson
- Non-Fiction for Adults:
- Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum / Jennifer Cook O’Toole
- The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism / Naoki Higashida
- Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity / Steve Silberman
- Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s / John Elder Robison
- Fiction:
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- Rules / Cynthia Lord (ages 9+)
- Mockingbird / Kathryn Erskine (ages 10+)
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time / Mark Haddon (ages 13+, contains profanity)
Movies
- Biography:
- Temple Grandin (2010) / TV-PG
- Life, Animated (2016) / documentary / Rated PG (thematic elements/language with suggestive reference)
- Autism: The Musical (2007) / documentary / TV-14
- Fiction:
- The Accountant (2016) / Rated R
- Adam (2009) / Rated PG-13 (thematic material, sexual content, language)
- Mozart and the Whale (2005) / Rated PG-13 (sexual content, language, and some thematic material)
- Rain Man (1988) / Rated R
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