Thomas A. McKean. Soon Will Come The Light: A View From Inside the Autism Puzzle (Arlington, Texas: Future Education a.k.a. Future Horizons, 1994). Thomas McKean has autism and is a contributor to the AUTISM e-mail mailing list. AUTISM mailing list reader: he explains a lot of stuff we question every day on this list. ISBN: 9994393324 (paperback); ISBN: 1885477112 (paperback, 155 pages). [autism,account] Sandra McPherson. The Spaces Between Birds: Mother/Daughter Poems, 1967-1995 (Wesleyan University Press, 1996). Part of the series Wesleyan Poetry. Poems about author's relationship with her daughter, who has Asperger's. ISBN: 0819522279 (hardcover); ISBN: 0819522287 (paperback). [autism,poetry] Desmond Meldrum. The Asperger Experience (1999). The author has Asperger Syndrome http://www.asperger-syndrome.com/ [autism,aspergers,account] Desmond Meldrum. Coping with Asperger Syndrome (1997). The author has Asperger Syndrome http://www.asperger-syndrome.com/ [autism,aspergers,account] Desmond Meldrum. Growing up with Asperger Syndrome (1994). The author has Asperger Syndrome http://www.asperger-syndrome.com/ [autism,aspergers,account] Bryce Merlin. Notes from Ohio (Lucky Press, 2005). I've seen this mentioned with autistic books but have not confirmed that it is about autism. The Amazon book description says the author is hearing impaired. In any case, it looks to provide an interesting look at the thoughts of a man suffering from a disability. ISBN: 0976057638 (paperback, 64 pages). [autism,account] Donald J. Meyer, ed. Uncommon Fathers: Reflections on Raising a Child with a Disability (Woodbine House, 1995). http://www.woodbinehouse.com/uf.html ISBN: 0933149689 (paperback, 206 pages). [autism,account,disability] Naomi Meyer. The Journey with Joshua: Educating My Autistic Child (Lakewood, NJ: Bristol, Rhein & Englander, 1994). 316 pages. Written under pseudonym. ISBN: 1560622563 (hardcover, 250 pages, CIS Communications). [autism,account] Gerald Mialaret. Dancing with Dragons: An Entire Family's Insights into a Disability (Future Horizons, 1996). Also Dancing with Dragons: A "Family" Challenges Autism ISBN: 1885477309 (paperback). [autism,account] David Miedzianik. My Autobiography (University of Nottingham Child Development Research Unit, 1986). US Publication: 1993 by Autism Society of NC. David Miedzianik is autistic. http://home1.gte.net/hcross/ [autism,account] David Miedzianik. Now All I've Got Left Is Myself http://home1.gte.net/hcross/ [autism,poetry] David Miedzianik. Taking the Load off my Mind http://home1.gte.net/hcross/ [autism,poetry] Alice Miller. Breaking Down the Wall of Silence: The liberating experience of facing painful truth (Plume, 1997). Revised edition. Makes a mention of autism, but I think it is mostly about child abuse. ISBN: 0452011736 (paperback, 187 pages). [autism,account,psychoanalysis] Jean Kearns Miller. Women from Another Planet: Our Lives in the Universe of Autism (1stBooks Library, 2003). ISBN: 1410734315 (paperback, 292 pages). [autism,account] Lurline Morphett. Face to face (Adelaide: Education Department of South Australia, 1986). 184 pages. ISBN: 0724389806 . [autism,account] Tito R. Mukhopadhyay. Beyond the Silence: My Life, The World, and Autism (National Autistic Society, 2000). http://www.oneworld.org/autism_uk/publs/cata3.html ISBN: 1899280316 (paperback, 112 pages). [autism,account] Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay. How Can I Talk If My Lips Don't Move: Inside My Autistic Mind (Arcade Publishing, 2008). ISBN: 155970859X (hardcover, 238 pages). [autism,account] Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay. The Mind Tree: A Miraculous Child Breaks the Silence of Autism (Arcade Books, 2003). ISBN: 1559706996 (hardcover, 168 pages). [autism,account] Krishna Narayanan. Wasted Talent: Musings of an Autistic (Vite Publishing, 2003). ISBN: 0970654138 (hardcover, 124 pages). [autism,account] Robert A. Naseef. Special Children, Challenged Parents: The Struggles and Rewards of Raising a Child with a Disability (Birch Lane Press, 1997). Author is the father of an autistic boy. (1-800-447-BOOK) ISBN: 1559723777 (hardcover). [autism,disability,account] Kamran Nazeer. Send in the Idiots: Growing Up in Another World (Bloomsbury USA, 2006). ISBN: 1582346194 (hardcover, 224 pages, ISBN-13 978-1582346199); ISBN: 1582346208 (paperback, 240 pages, ISBN-13 978-1582346205). [autism,account] Bobby Newman. When Everybody Cares: Case Studies of ABA with People with Autism (AMAC, 1999). AMAC is the Association in Manhattan for Autistic Children, Inc. ISBN: 0966852818 (paperback, 129 pages, Dove and Orca). [autism,behavioral,account] Bobby Newman, editor, Dana Reinecke, editor & Leo Newman, editor. Words From Those Who Care: Further Case Studies of ABA with People with Autism (Dove and Orca, 2000). ISBN: 0966852826 (paperback, 200 pages). [autism,behavioral,account] Jerry Newport, Mary Newport & Johnny Dodd. Mozart and the Whale: An Asperger's Love Story (Touchstone, forthcoming). There was a book projected some time ago which I labeled Newport. ISBN: 074327282X (hardcover, 256 pages, due 6/1/2006). [autism,aspergers,account] Jerry Newport, Mary Newport & David Weddle. Newport (HarperCollins). Planned book: I'm not certain of the title. Account of Mary and Jerry's marriage. They are both autistic. Note: I'm not certain of Mary's last name. [autism,account] Michael Newton. Savage Girls and Wild Boys: A History of Feral Children (Picador, 2004). Not truly a book about autism, but includes an account of Victor (e.g., Itard's The Wild Boy of Aveyron), and some such children have been described to have characteristics that suggest autism. ISBN: 0312423357 (paperback, 312 pages). [autism,account] Jasmine Lee O'Neill. Through the Eyes of Aliens: A Book about Autistic People (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1998). An autistic person's thoughts on autism. http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/autism/one_thr.html ISBN: 1853027103 (paperback, 144 pages). [autism,account] Kenzaburo Oe. A Healing Family (Kodansha International, 1996). Distributed by Farrar Strauss Giroux. Kenzaburo Oe is a Nobel Laureate who has written about his disabled son, Hikari Oe. Hikari Oe is autistic, epileptic, and mentally handicapped and his parents were told he would be a "vegetable"; he is severely handicapped but also a talented musical composer. Two CDs of Hikari Oe's music are available (Denon 78952 and Denon 78053). ISBN: 4770020481 (hardcover, 146 pages); ISBN: 4770027338 (paperback, 208 pages, 2001). [autism,disability,account] Rosalind C. Oppenheim. Effective teaching methods for autistic children (Springfield, Ill.: Charles C. Thomas, 1973). ISBN: 0398028583 (hardcover, 116 pages). [autism,se,account,fc] Jennifer Overton. Snapshots of Autism: A Family Album (Jessica Kingsley, 2003). ISBN: 1843107236 (paperback, 221 pages). [autism,account] Tomas S. Page. Caught Between Two Worlds: My Autistic Dilemma (2002). [autism,aspergers,account] Valerie Paradiz. Elijah's Cup: A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome (Free Press, 2002). ISBN: 074320445X (hardcover, 242 pages). [autism,aspergers,account] Valerie Paradiz. Elijah's Cup: A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of High-Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome, revised edition (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2005). ISBN: 184310802X (paperback, 235 pages). [autism,aspergers,account] Clara Claiborne Park. Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life with Autism (Little Brown & Company, 2001). Foreword by Oliver Sacks. Continues the authors' story about her daughter. ISBN: 0316691178 (hardcover, 225 pages); ISBN: 0316691240 (paperback, 240 pages, Back Bay Books, 2002). [autism,account] Clara Claiborne Park. The Siege (Little & Brown, 1967). The first eight years of an autistic child, a mother's account. See edition with epilogue, below. ISBN: 1112233245 (New York: Harcourt, Brace & World 1967, 279 pages); ISBN: 0316690767 ; ISBN: 090067511X . [autism,account] Clara Claiborne Park. The Siege: The First Eight Years of an Autistic Child with an Epilogue, Fifteen Years Later (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1982). Includes updated bibliography, etc. ISBN: 0316690694 (reissue edition, Little Brown and Company, 1990, paperback, 330 pages). [autism,account] Jessica Peers. Asparagus Dreams (2003). [autism,aspergers,account] Rachel Pinney, Mimi Schlachter & Anthea Courtenay. Bobby: Breakthrough of a Special Child (New York: St. Martin's/Marek, 1983). Also Harvill Press, London, 1983. Treatment by a "non-directive" therapy approach, which since Bobby was a "wanderer" involved following him up and down in elevators and around the New York subway system. ISBN: 0070500924 (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1986, 250 pages); ISBN: 0312087314 . [autism,account] Connie Post. Letting Go (1989). Poetry. http://www.poetrypost.com/books.html [autism,poetry] Connie Post. Seasons of Love, Seasons of Loss (1992). Poetry by woman who has a son with autism. http://www.poetrypost.com/books.html [autism,poetry] Carol Potter & Chris Whittaker. Enabling Communication in Children with Autism (Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2001). ISBN: 1853029564 (paperback, 160 pages). [autism,se,account] Stuart Powell, ed & Rita Jordan, ed. Autism and Learning: A Guide to Good Practice (David Fulton, 1997). http://www.independence.co.uk/bd.cgi/fulton/isb?185346421X ISBN: 185346421X (paperback, 170 pages). [autism,account,se] Marean J. Price. Lord, why Not Me?: A Mother's Story of an Autistic Child (Rondelle Publishing Company). ISBN: 1883372003 (paperback, 104 pages). [autism,account] Dawn Prince-Hughes. Expecting Teryk: An Exceptional Path to Parenthood (Swallow Press, forthcoming). The author is autistic. ISBN: 080401079X (hardcover, 224 pages, due 10/15/05); ISBN: 0804010803 (paperback, 224 pages, due 10/15/05). [autism,account] Dawn Prince-Hughes. Songs of the Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism (Harmony Books, 2004). The author is autistic. ISBN: 1400050588 (hardcover, 240 pages); ISBN: 1400082153 (paperback, 240 pages, Three Rivers Press, due March 2005). [autism,account] Dawn Prince-Hughes, editor. Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students With Autism (Swallow Press, 2002). ISBN: 0804010536 (hardcover, 152 pages); ISBN: 0804010544 (paperback, 152 pages). [autism,account] Kate Rankin. Growing Up Severely Autistic: They Call Me Gabriel (Jessica Kingsely Pub, 2000). http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/autism/ran_gro.html ISBN: 1853028916 (paperback, 176 pages). [autism,account] Dan Reed. Paid for the Privilege: Hearing the Voices of Autism (Madison, Wisconsin: DRI Press, 1996). 162 pages. [autism,account,fc] K. B. Reish. Matthew's Box (KBR Mutti's Publications). hardcover, 48 pages, http://www.matthewsbox.com [autism,children,account] Adair Renning. The Ultimate Treasure Hunt: Finding the Child Inside (1995). http://www.ddc.com/~arenning/ ISBN: 0964877309 (paperback, 281 pages, Future Horizons). [autism,account] Adair Renning. The Ultimate Treasure Hunt: Offering Hope to Parents of Children with Autism (Future Horizons). [autism,account] Jesse Richard, Kathleen Jackson, Mary Urlich & Aaron Urlich. First Hand: personal accounts of breakthroughs in Facilitated Communicating (Madison, Wisconsin: DRA Press, 1993). 55 pages. Three case studies. [autism,fc,account] Wendy Robinson. Gentle Giant: The Inspiring Story of an Autistic Child (Element Books, 1999). An account by a parent of her autistic son. ISBN: 1862043043 (paperback, 192 pages). [autism,account] John Elder Robison. Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's hardcover: 304 pages (Crown, 2007). ISBN: 0307395987 (hardcover, 304 pages); ISBN: 0307396185 (paperback, 320 pages, Three Rivers Press, 2008). [autism,aspergers,account] Adriana Rocha & Kristi Jorde. A Child of Eternity: An Extraordinary Young Girl's Message from the World Beyond (Ballantine Books, 1995). Adriana is non-verbal and autistic and began using facilitated communication with her mother, Kristi, at age 9. Includes some unusual claims. http://www.hir.com/article.html#b4 ISBN: 034538945X (hardcover, 299 pages). [autism,account,fc] Craig Romkema. Embracing the Sky: Poems Beyond Disability (Jessica Kingsley, 2002). ISBN: 1843107287 (paperback, 80 pages). [autism,poetry,account] Mira Rothenberg. Children with emerald eyes: histories of extraordinary boys and girls (New York: Dial Press, 1977). About a third of the book concerns autism. ISBN: 1556434480 (paperback, 295 pages, North Atlantic Books, 2003); ISBN: 0671433806 ; ISBN: 0385270275 (Doubleday); ISBN: 0525482865 (E. P. Dutton). [autism,account,psychoanalysis] Peter Rowlands. The Fugitive mind; early development of an autistic child (London: Dent, 1972). 146 pages. Acount by a parent. ISBN: 0460078763 . [autism,account] Susan Rubinyi. Natural Genius: The Gifts of Asperger's Syndrome (Jessica Kingsley Pub, 2007). ISBN: 1843107848 (paperback, 120 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1843107842). [autism,aspergers,account] Oliver Sacks. An Anthropologist on Mars (1995). Book describing several people with neurological anomalies including autistic people. Includes some art by autistic artist. ISBN: 0679756973 (paperback, Vintage Books, 1996); ISBN: 0679439560 (audio cassette, Random House, 1995). [autism,account,disability] Oliver Sacks. The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat: And other Clinical Tales (1987). Includes one chapter on an autistic savant. ISBN: 0671554719 (hardcover, Summet Books, 1985); ISBN: 0684853949 (paperback, 243 pages, Touchstone Books, 1998); ISBN: 0844665290 (Peter Smith Pub, 1992); ISBN: 0060970790 (paperback, 256 pages, HarperCollins, 1987); ISBN: 0804511756 (audio cassette, Spoken Arts, 1987). [autism,disability,account] Clare Sainsbury. The Martian in the Playground: Understanding the Schoolchild with Asperger's Syndrome (Bristol: Lucky Duck Publishing Ltd., 2000). http://www.luckyduck.co.uk/ Selected in 2000 for UK's NASEN (National Association of Special Educational Needs) Academic Book Award. ISBN: 1873942087 . [autism,aspergers,account] Robert S. Sanders, Jr.. On My Own Terms: My Journey with Asperger's (Armstrong Valley Publishing, 2004). ISBN: 1928798063 (184 pages). [autism,aspergers,account] Robert S. Sanders, Jr.. Overcoming Asperger's: Personal Experience & Insight (Armstrong Valley Publishing, 2002). ISBN: 1928798055 (paperback, 168 pages). [autism,aspergers,account] Aida E. Santiago. Mi angel Gabriel mi angel autista (AuthorHouse, 2008). ISBN: 1434384365 (paperback, 128 pages). [autism,account,spanish] Viki Satkiewicz-Grayhardt. At Home with Autism: Three Families' Stories (Potential Unlimited Publishing). Paperback, 40 pages. Possibly a children's book. http://www.pup-asap.com/athome.htm [autism,account] Susanne Schaefer. Sterne, aepfel und rundes glas (Verlag Freies Geisteleben). ISBN: 3772516793 . [autism,german,account] Edgar Schneider. Discovering my autism - Apologia pro vita sua (With apologies to Cardinal Newman) (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1999). A first-person account of high-functioning autism. http://www.jkp.com/catalogue/autism/sch_dis.html ISBN: 1853027243 (paperback, 144 pages). [autism,account] Edgar Schneider. Living the Good Life with Autism (Jessica Kingsley, 2002). ISBN: 1843107120 (paperback, 224 pages). [autism,account] Eric Schopler, ed & Gary B. Mesibov, ed. High-functioning individuals with autism (New York: Plenum Press, 1992). Part of the series Current Issues in Autism. "Based on one of the TEACCH conferences held in Chapel Hill each May"--Pref. Recommended by at least one AUTISM-list participant as a good book on Asperger Syndrome. Includes some accounts. ISBN: 0306440644 (hardcover, 306 pages). [autism,proceedings,account,teacch,aspergers] Craig B. Schulze. When Snow Turns to Rain: One Family's Struggle to Solve the Riddle of Autism (Rockville, Md.: Woodbine House, 1993). About Craig's son Jordan Schulze. Includes accounts of the Options method and the Higashi school. Jordan had late-onset autism and is one of the children described in Robert Catalano's book When Autism Strikes: Families Cope With Childhood Disintegrative Disorder. http://www.woodbinehouse.com/str.html ISBN: 0933149638 (paperback, 216 pages). [autism,account] Cheryl D. Seifert & Charlene Breedlove, ed. Case Studies in Autism: a young child and two adolescents (Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1990). ISBN: 0819177229 (hardcover, 121 pages). [autism,account] Lorna Selfe. Nadia: a case of extraordinary drawing ability in an autistic child (London: Academic Press, 1977). Also New York. 137 pages. About a three year old girl with the ability to draw realistic pictures, who lost the ability when she started to talk at six. Includes examples of the pictures. ISBN: 0126357501 ; ISBN: 0156653206 . [autism,account] Colleen Sell, editor. A Cup of Comfort for Parents of Children with Autism: Stories of Hope and Everyday Success (Adams Media Corporation, 2007). ISBN: 1593376839 (paperback, 322 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1593376833). [autism,account] Birger Sellin. I Don't Want to be Inside Me Anymore (New York: Basic Books, 1995). Anthea Bell's translation of the German book, ich will kein inmich mehr sein. ISBN: 0465031722 ; ISBN: 0465088880 (HarperCollins, 1996). [autism,account,fc] Birger Sellin. In dark hours I find my way: Messages from an autistic mind (London: Victor Gollancz, 1995). Translated by Anthea Bell. ISBN: 0575058021 (paperback, 240 pages, Orion, 1995). [autism,account] Susan Senator. Making Peace with Autism : One Family's Story of Struggle, Discovery, and Unexpected Gifts (Trumpeter, 2005). http://www.susansenator.com/ ISBN: 1590302443 (hardcover, 240 pages); ISBN: 1590303822 (paperback, 272 pages, Trumpeter, due 12/12/2006). [autism,account] Karyn Seroussi. Unraveling the Mystery of Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder: A Mother's Story of Research and Recovery (Simon & Schuster, 2000). http://www.simonandschuster.com/book/default_book.cfm?isbn=0684 831643 ISBN: 0684831643 (hardcover, 224 pages); ISBN: 0767907981 (paperback, 304 pages, Broadway Books, 2002). [autism,account,allergy] Mary Sharp. An Unexpected Joy: The Gift of Parenting a Challenging Child (Pinon Press, 2003). ISBN: 1576834611 (paperback, 128 pages). [autism,account] Roger Shattuck & Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard. The Forbidden Experiment: the Story of the Wild Boy of Aveyron. Reports on Victor, a boy found in a village in the early 1800's. Some have speculated, from descriptions, that he was autistic. See also The Wild Boy of Aveyron by Itard. ISBN: 1568360487 (paperback, 220 pages, Kodansha Globe, 1994). [autism,account] Jean Shaw. I'm Not Naughty - I'm Autistic: Jodi's Journey (Jessica Kingsley, 2002). A mother's account of her autistic son. ISBN: 184310105X (paperback, 128 pages). [autism,account] Stephen Shore. Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism (Autism Asperger Publishing Co, 2000). Autobiography. http://www.asperger.net ISBN: 0967251486 (paperback, 174 pages); ISBN: 1931282005 (paperback, 174 pages, Autism Asperger Publishing Co, 2001); ISBN: 1931282196 (paperback, 242 pages, Autism Asperger Publishing Co, 2002). [autism,aspergers,account] Karen Simmons, editor & Murray Hoke, editor. The Autism Experience: Stories of Hope and Love (BookSurge Publishing, 2003). ISBN: 0972468242 (paperback, 366 pages, ISBN-13: 978-0972468244). [autism,account] Wallis A. Simpson.