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.
01 — ADHD
Attention that moves fast is not attention that is broken. These start from how ADHD minds actually work.
Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey — Landmark update on ADHD science and strategies for thriving.
Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey — The 1994 book that first framed ADHD as a lifelong condition, not just a childhood one.
Gabor Maté — Traces attention difficulties to early stress and attachment, not only genetics.
Russell A. Barkley — Clinical, practical strategies for work, home and relationships from a leading ADHD researcher.
Sari Solden — Why ADHD looks different in women, and why it gets missed.
Peter Shankman — Reframes the ADHD brain as wiring to work with, not a flaw to fight.
02 — Autism
First-person accounts and histories, not clinical descriptions written about autistic people from the outside.
Steve Silberman — Landmark history of autism and the neurodiversity movement.
Naoki Higashida — First-person account from a nonspeaking autistic teenager.
Devon Price — On masking, burnout and late autism diagnosis.
Barry Prizant — Reframes autism as a different way of being human, not a deficit.
Megan Anna Neff — Practical self-care built for autistic adults.
Jodie Hare — The politics behind the neurodiversity movement.
Simon Baron-Cohen — How autistic pattern-thinking drives human invention.
Talita Pagani — Portuguese-language guide to autism-inclusive digital design.
03 — Dyslexia
Reading differences framed around what dyslexic thinking does well, not only around what school measured.
Brock L. Eide & Fernette F. Eide — Reframes dyslexia around cognitive strengths.
Ronald D. Davis & Eldon M. Braun — A classic on the dyslexic mind's strengths and challenges.
04 — General neurodiversity & accessibility
The wider picture: neurodiversity at work, disability politics, and design that stops treating difference as an edge case.
Daniel Aherne & Tim Stringer — Illustrated, accessible primer.
Thomas Armstrong — The strengths-based case for neurodiversity.
John Marble, Khushboo Chabria & Ranga Jayaraman — Practical, plain-language overview.
Ed Thompson — Unlocking neurodivergent potential at work.
Theo Smith & Amanda Kirby — Driving innovation and performance with a neurodiverse workforce.
Alice Wong — 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.
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