Asperger Meets Girl

Jonathan Griffiths

Men with Asperger's Syndrome, young and old, experience difficulty with social interaction, which can be a stumbling block when it comes to getting a girlfriend.

Here is a book the demystifies the enigma of “relationships’ by explaining everything in Asperger-friendly terms (some of them mathematical, naturally). Asperger Meets Girl provides hope for all hopeless wooers by offering a choice of three interrelated abstract models for understanding boy-girl relationships.

Asperger Meets Girl

Asperger’s Syndrome & Sexuality from Adolescence Through Adulthood

Isabelle Hénault

Playing the dating game is often tricky: all the more so for individuals with Asperger's Syndrome. How do AS adolescents and their families cope with sexual feelings and behaviour?

What help can be given if a man with AS oversteps the mark in expressing his sexuality? How do people with AS deal with intimacy and communication in sexual relationships? In this comprehensive and unique guide, Isabelle Henault delivers practical information and advice on issues ranging from puberty and sexual development, gender identity disorders, couples’ therapy to guidelines for sex education programs and maintaining sexual boundaries. This book will prove indispensable to parents, teachers, counsellors and individuals with AS themselves.

Asperger’s Syndrome & Sexuality from Adolescence Through Adulthood

Ellie Needs To Go

Kate E. Reynolds

This visual resource helps parents and carers teach girls and young women with autism or other special needs about how to use public toilets safely.

It covers the subtleties of social etiquette including lining up and taking your turn, as well as practicalities, such as remembering to lock the cubicle door. With simple and effective illustrations throughout, the book is the perfect starting point for teaching independence when using public toilets.

Ellie Needs To Go

Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent & Respect

Jayneen Sanders

A book to teach children about body ownership, respectful relationships, feelings and emotions, choices and recognising bullying behaviours.

Let’s Talk About Body Boundaries, Consent & Respect

Let’s Talk About Sex

Robbie Harris

This is an updated, 15th anniversary edition of the definitive book on kids' sexual health brings this trusted resource into the twenty-first century.

Now with a brand-new chapter focusing on safe internet use – one of parents’ key concerns – this universally acclaimed classic by Robie H. Harris and Michael Emberley is a cutting-edge resource for kids, parents, teachers, librarians, and anyone else who cares about the well-being of tweens and teens. Providing accurate and up-to-date answers to nearly every imaginable question, from conception and puberty to birth control and AIDS, it offers young people the information they need – now more than ever – to make responsible decisions and stay healthy. It includes an all-new chapter on internet safety. It is completely updated and thoroughly vetted by experts. It is the definitive book on kids’ sexual health.

Let’s Talk About Sex

Let’s Talk About Where Babies Come Fr

Robie H Harris & Michael Emberley

“An amazingly upbeat and caring book, it answer the many questions most children have about babies, bodies, love, sex, reproduction and families.  It is totally child-friendly and the perfect read-together book.  Try it for the best-ever depiction of the real meaning of ‘family'” – Penelope Leach, Ph. D.

Let’s Talk About Where Babies Come Fr

Making Sense of Sex

Sarah Attwood

Puberty is a time of huge change in the physical body, in emotional experience and in social relationships.

Having an understanding of these developments and learning how to deal with them is essential, and for people with Asperger’s syndrome it can be a challenge to get to grips with the social and emotional aspects of puberty, sex and relationships.This book is ideal for those who need clear, detailed explanations and direct answers to the many questions raised by puberty and sexual maturity. Sarah Attwood describes developments in both the male and female body, and explains how to maintain hygiene and personal care, and to promote general good health. She examines emotional changes, including moods and sexual feelings, and provides comprehensive information on sex, sexual health and reproduction. She looks at the nature of friendship, how it changes from childhood to adulthood and its importance as a basis for sexual encounter. She also offers coping strategies for different social experiences, from bullying to dating, and includes essential tips on the politics of mature behaviour, such as knowing the difference between public and personal topics of conversation.” Making Sense of Sex” is a thorough guide written in unambiguous language with helpful diagrams, explanations and practical advice for young people approaching puberty and beyond.

Making Sense of Sex

Managing Puberty, Social Challenges & (Almost) Everything

Coulter Video

"THE TALK" just got easier. This DVD for girls nearing or going through puberty builds their knowledge, confidence and self-esteem.

The program covers physical, mental and social changes, including clear explanations of menstruation and conception using drawings of the female and male reproductive systems. While appropriate for any girl, it’s especially helpful for young women diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome or autism requiring support, or who are naturally shy. The video’s content advisers include parents, psychologists, teachers, counselors, autism education experts, an OB-GYN doctor and, most importantly, girls. The program is divided into chapters, so parents and professionals can choose which subjects to share with girls based on their stages of development, and answer their questions afterward. Schools will find this a valuable edition to sex education programs.

Managing Puberty, Social Challenges & (Almost) Everything

More Secret Girls’ Business

Heather Anderson, Fay Angelo & Rose Stewart

In addition to information about periods, this puberty resource includes details about physical and emotional changes.

It will give girls greater understanding and deeper knowledge about puberty and sexuality. Information is presented in a sensitive but open manner. It has simple language and fun illustrations which girls will enjoy.

More Secret Girls’ Business

Puberty & Special Girls

Rose Stewart, Heather Anderson & Fay Angelo

A puberty resource written for girls with special needs.

Puberty & Special Girls

Puberty Boy

Geoff Price

Have you ever noticed, now that you're growing up, that your parents want to sit you down and have these embarrassing kinds of conversations with you about sex?

Or they leave those ‘educational’ books about growing up lying around the house? Or you’ve got some questions about what’s happening to your body but you just can’t hack the thought of talking about it with your mum?..Well, Puberty Boy sidesteps embarrassing conversations and gives the full low down on what it means to be growing up. And it’s written just for you…In this book, real men and boys share their stories about puberty. This lighthearted, plain speaking and honest book tells you what puberty is, when it happens and how your bodies will change. It explores the thinking and emotional changes that are happening alongside the physical and even tackles how to talk to girls! There’s a brain shift happening inside you at puberty and Geoff Price makes sure that you know about it and are equipped to handle it…Puberty Boy explains the transitions that boys need to go through to become healthy young men in a unique, colourful and commonsense way.

Puberty Boy

Respect, Consent, Boundaries and Being In Charge Of You

Rachel Brian

Your body belongs to you, and you get to set your own rules.

But you may have different rules for different people, and sometimes your rules might change.  Like when you high-five your friends and kiss your kitten, but not the other way around!

Respect, Consent, Boundaries and Being In Charge Of You