Resource Library / index 001

Books that re-wire
how we see minds.

A living shelf of titles that have shaped how Rotarions For Autism thinks about autism, neurodiversity, mental health and the work of caring well for one another.

AllAutismNeurodiversityMental HealthTherapyCaregivingEducation
01 / Autism
2015
NeuroTribes
Steve Silberman
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A landmark, deeply researched history of autism that reframes the spectrum as a natural form of human diversity.

02 / Autism
2007
The Reason I Jump
Naoki Higashida
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A young non-speaking autistic boy answers the questions the world keeps asking. Quietly revolutionary.

03 / Autism
2015
Uniquely Human
Barry M. Prizant
RFA / Vol.001

Shifts the conversation from 'fixing' autism to understanding it. Essential for educators and parents.

04 / Neurodiversity
2022
Unmasking Autism
Devon Price
RFA / Vol.001

On the cost of camouflaging, and the freedom of self-acceptance for late-diagnosed autistic adults.

05 / Neurodiversity
2020
Divergent Mind
Jenara Nerenberg
RFA / Vol.001

Why so many neurodivergent women go undiagnosed, and what the world misses when they do.

06 / Mental Health
2014
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk
RFA / Vol.001

The defining modern work on trauma, the body and pathways to recovery.

07 / Mental Health
2018
Lost Connections
Johann Hari
RFA / Vol.001

A searching look at the real causes of depression and anxiety, and what could actually heal them.

08 / Therapy
2019
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb
RFA / Vol.001

A therapist on the other side of the couch. Warm, witty, profoundly human.

09 / Therapy
1946
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
RFA / Vol.001

Logotherapy from one of the 20th century's most important voices. A book about why we live.

10 / Caregiving
2012
Far From the Tree
Andrew Solomon
RFA / Vol.001

Ten years, three hundred families, and a redefinition of what it means to belong to one another.

11 / Caregiving
1998
The Out-of-Sync Child
Carol Stock Kranowitz
RFA / Vol.001

A gentle field guide for parents and teachers of children with sensory processing differences.

12 / Education
2006
Mindset
Carol S. Dweck
RFA / Vol.001

The growth mindset framework that quietly changed how millions of classrooms teach.

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