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Searching for ADHD Facts Beneath Piles of Myths

By Edward Hallowell — 2020

Even though attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is now a fairly common diagnosis, it continues to be misunderstood and misconstrued—caricatured by people who have it and many who don’t. ADHD expert Dr. Hallowell shares the common misconceptions he has heard over the years about what causes and cures ADHD.

Read on www.additudemag.com

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Knowing Why: Adult-Diagnosed Autistic People on Life and Autism

What happens when you make it to adulthood before finding out you're autistic? As A.J. Odasso writes in this anthology: “You spend a lot of time wondering what’s wrong without ever knowing why.” This anthology includes essays from a diverse group of adult-diagnosed autistic people.

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Autistic Self Advocacy Network
2025
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Human Neurodiversity Should Be Celebrated, Not Treated as a Disorder | Op-Ed | NowThis

One in 59 children are identified with autism spectrum disorders and millions of children have been diagnosed with ADHD in the U.S.—yet psychologist Devon MacEachron, PhD believes that there is too little attention given to enabling people with neurologically different minds.

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2018
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We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also my love letter to autistic people.

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Eric Garcia
2025
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Delivered from Distraction: Getting the Most out of Life with Attention Deficit Disorder

In 1994, Driven to Distraction sparked a revolution in our understanding of attention deficit disorder. Widely recognized as the classic in the field, the book has sold more than a million copies. Now a second revolution is under way in the approach to ADD, and the news is great.

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Edward M. Hallowell, John J. Ratey
2005
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The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism

Silver Award Winner in the 2005 ForeWord Book of the Year Awards! Born with autism, both authors now famously live successful social lives. But their paths were very different. Temple's logical mind controlled her social behavior.

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Temple Grandin, Sean Barron
2005
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The Autistic Brain: Thinking Across the Spectrum

When Temple Grandin was born in 1947, autism had only just been named. Today it is more prevalent than ever, with one in 88 children diagnosed on the spectrum.

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Temple Grandin, Richard Panek
2013
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NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity

What is autism? A lifelong disability, or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? In truth, it is all of these things and more—and the future of our society depends on our understanding it.

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Steve Silberman, Oliver Sacks (foreword)
2025
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Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking

Loud Hands: Autistic People, Speaking is a collection of essays written by and for Autistic people.

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Julia Bascom
2012
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