Books Written by Authors of Color with Autism

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All About Me: Truth or Fiction
​Written by JaMar Taylor

• A children's story, where the reader gets to guess what is truth and what is fiction. Travel along with the author, JaMar Taylor, as he uses his creativity to provide you with knowledge, fun and humor.

All the Weight of Our Dreams: On Living Radicalized Autism
Written by Lydia X.Z. Brown and the Autistic Women and NonBinary Network

• Poetry, essays, short fiction, photography, paintings, and drawings in the first-ever anthology entirely by autistic people of color, featuring 61 writers and artists from seven countries.

Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8
Written by Naomi Higashida

• The author shares thoughts and experiences as a young man living each day with severe autism. Higashida explores school memories, family relationships, the exhilaration of travel, and the difficulties of speech.

The Reason I Jump: The Inner-Voice of a Thirteen Year Old Boy with Autism
Written by Naomi Higashida

•  An autobiography written by a 13-year-old boy from Japan about what it is like to live with autism.