Item category 2: Neurodiversity

This reassuring picture book explains what autism is in simple terms, helping children who have siblings or classmates with autism understand what everyday life feels like from a child with autism's perspective. Notes for parents and teachers at the back of the book provide valuable advice for ho...

When Cora's brother drags her along to his boss's house, she doesn't expect to strike up a friendship with Adrien, son of the intimidating CEO of the Pomegranate Institute. As she becomes part of Adrien's life, she is also drawn into the mysterious projects at Pomegranate. At first, she's intrigu...

For Daniel Margate, life is muddled because everything moves: letters, numbers, even classrooms sometimes. Daniel is dyslexic and most of the time, school just doesn't make sense. He's in the bottom reading group at school, with other kids who are trying to make sense of it all. But when a myster...

The autistic sister in this sibling pair is non verbal, but she finds plenty of ways to communicate and have fun with her brother. Although she can't talk, this little girl understands everything, and has plenty to say, and lots of ideas. Through body language, drawing pictures, making gestures o...

Ten-year-old Tally had high hopes for Year 6. Being in the top class at school means a whole host of privileges, but even better than that is the school production - and Tally is convinced she'll win the lead role. But at home, things aren't going so well. Mum and Dad have been making Tally feel ...

YOU CAN be brave, challenge yourself, overcome your fears, be kind, be brilliant - be YOU! Come on an amazing journey with 14 children as they grow from birth to 18 years old, learning new skills, exploring new worlds, standing up for their own and others' rights - and following their dreams. Cre...

Maple Mehta-Cohen has a secret: she can't read very well. She's creative and imaginative and loves dictating stories into her recorder - especially the adventures of a daring sleuth who's half Indian and half Jewish like Maple herself - but words on the page just don't make sense. Despite all her...

What if you could talk to animals? Alice Tonks desperately wants to make friends at boarding school but, being autistic, she's always found it hard to fit in. Then she discovers she is a 'switcher' and can talk to animals. As she starts to explore her newfound abilities, to her horror she learns ...

Set in Edinburgh, Ramya discovers she can see through magical disguises, and has her eyes opened to an underground world of magical creatures. Armed with her late grandfather's notebooks, she sets out to discover more and comes up against the mysterious and deadly Sirens.

From artist and curator Bex Ollerton comes an anthology featuring comics from thirty autistic creators about their experiences of living in a world that doesn't always understand or accept them.