Resources
Recommended reading
Books that shape the conversation without turning it into a lecture. The ones we return to when a product or a team needs deeper context than a checklist can give. No deficit framing, no cures.
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ADHD
Attention that moves fast is not attention that is broken. These start from how ADHD minds actually work.
Landmark update on ADHD science and strategies for thriving.
The 1994 book that first framed ADHD as a lifelong condition, not just a childhood one.
Traces attention difficulties to early stress and attachment, not only genetics.
Clinical, practical strategies for work, home and relationships from a leading ADHD researcher.
Why ADHD looks different in women, and why it gets missed.
Reframes the ADHD brain as wiring to work with, not a flaw to fight.
Autism
First-person accounts and histories, not clinical descriptions written about autistic people from the outside.
Landmark history of autism and the neurodiversity movement.
First-person account from a nonspeaking autistic teenager.
On masking, burnout and late autism diagnosis.
Reframes autism as a different way of being human, not a deficit.
Practical self-care built for autistic adults.
The politics behind the neurodiversity movement.
How autistic pattern-thinking drives human invention.
Portuguese-language guide to autism-inclusive digital design.
Dyslexia
Reading differences framed around what dyslexic thinking does well, not only around what school measured.
Reframes dyslexia around cognitive strengths.
A classic on the dyslexic mind's strengths and challenges.
General neurodiversity & accessibility
The wider picture: neurodiversity at work, disability politics, and design that stops treating difference as an edge case.
Illustrated, accessible primer.
The strengths-based case for neurodiversity.
Practical, plain-language overview.
Unlocking neurodivergent potential at work.
Driving innovation and performance with a neurodiverse workforce.
Anthology of first-person essays by disabled people.
This page stays focused on neurodivergence. For a longer list on general web and design accessibility, see the community-maintained Awesome Accessibility book list (opens in a new tab).
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