What is Asperger Syndrome and How Will It Affect Me?

Martin Ives

A guide for young people. Asperger syndrome is quite a tricky thing to explain. Your friends and even your teacher may never have heard of it.

This book answers some questions that people often have about Asperger syndrome. It also gives you some ideas about dealing with the difficulties you might experience and talking about your condition to other people.

A note from SWAN: ‘Asperger’s Syndrome’ is no longer used as a diagnosis and the term “high-functioning” is harmful, as it minimises the varied support needs of autistic people.  SWAN does not endorse these terms, but recognises that this resource contains other useful information.

What is Asperger Syndrome and How Will It Affect Me?

What To Do When Bad Habits Take Hold

Dawn Huebner

This book provides the keys to escape from a variety of pesky habits. Engaging examples, lively illustrations, and step-by-step instructions teach essential habit-busting strategies...

targeting everything from nail biting and thumb sucking to shirt chewing, hair twirling, and more. This interactive self-help book is the complete resource for educating, motivating, and empowering children to set themselves free.

What To Do When Bad Habits Take Hold

What To Do When You Grumble Too Much

Dawn Huebener

This hands-on workbook features information and exercises for kids who are coping with excessive stress, anxiety, fears, and worry.

It includes writing and drawing activities along with practical, proactive exercises and techniques to reduce anxiety and worry. Illustrations.

What To Do When You Grumble Too Much

What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck

Dawn Huebener

A kid's guide to overcoming OCD.

This book guides children and their parents through the cognitive-behavioural techniques used to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Revealing OCD in a whole new light, this interactive self-help book turns kids into super-sleuths who can recognize OCD’s tricks. Engaging examples, activities, and step-by-step instructions help children master the skills needed to break free from the sticky thoughts.

What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck

What’s Happening To Ellie?

Kate E. Reynolds

This book is about puberty for girls and young women with autism and related conditions. Follow Ellie as she begins to notice changes to her body,

this simple resource helps parents and carers teach girls with autism and related conditions about puberty. It covers all the changes that they will experience, both emotional such as new feelings and physical such as periods.This fully illustrated, positive and entertaining book provides perfect opportunity to talk about puberty with girls and young women with autism or related conditions.

What’s Happening To Ellie?

What’s Happening To Me?

Peter mayle

What's an erection? Why is my chest getting bumpy?

What’s a period?
Why is my voice acting so funny?
Why do I get pimples?
What’s masturbation?
Why am I getting hairy?
Why is mine not like his?
What’s a wet dream?

What’s Happening To Me?

What’s Happening To Me?

Susan Meridith

Growing up is a whole lot easier if you have some idea what to expect?

This book describes exactly what will happen to your body in a straight forward, easy-to-understand way and it explains some of your feelings too- all you need to know for this important time in your life.

What’s Happening To Me?

What’s Happening To Me? (Boy)

Alex Firth

A sensitive, detailed and informative guide to male puberty, invaluable for young boys and their parents.

Brightly illustrated, and with clear yet witty text, the book will help to demystify the physical and emotional upheavals that puberty brings. Ages: 8+.

What’s Happening To Me? (Boy)

What’s Happening To Tom?

Kate E. Reynolds

Following Tom as he begins to notice changes to his body, this simple resource helps parents and carers teach boys with autism or other special needs about puberty.

It covers all the changes that they will experience, both emotional such as new feelings and physical such as wet dreams. This fully illustrated positive and entertaining book provides the perfect opportunity to talk about puberty with boys and young men with autism or special needs.

What’s Happening To Tom?

What’s So Special About Autism?

Lorna Wing

Lorna Wing discusses the defining characteristics of autism and how these characteristics affect the type of services people with autism may need to access...

in order to live their lives to their fullest potential.

What’s So Special About Autism?

When Horse Became Saw

Anthony Macris

A family's journey through autism.

when Anthony Macris’ son was diagnosed with autism, he and his partner Kathy had two choices:  do what they were told – and could afford – or do what they thought best.  This is the tragic, joyful, instructive story of how they confronted the condition that changed their lives.

When Horse Became Saw

When I Feel Angry

Cornelia Maude Spelman

The Way I Feel books

Education about how to identify and handle our emotions (especially those that are unpleasant or frightening) is as important as other kids of learning.  In The Way I Feel Books, therapist Cornelia Maude Spelman uses simple and reassuring language to help young children understand and manage their feelings and relate successfully to others.

When I Feel Angry