Books, Blogs, and more
Books
- The Reason I Jump: One Boys Voice from the Silence of Autism - Naoki Higashida
- Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism’s Silent Prison - Ido Kedar
- In Two Worlds - Ido Kedar
- Underestimated: An Autism Miracle - J.B. Handley
- The Book of Heaven: A story of Hope For The Outcasts, The Broken, And Those Who Lost Faith - Katie and Houston Asher
videos
- Jordyn’s Rocky Journey - Jordyn’s Rocky Journey is a documentary about the physical and mental work undertaken by a young man with autism to control his body and increase independence. Jordyn communicates by pointing to letters on a letterboard. He calls his out-of-control body “Rocky,” and writes of his struggles and work to gain control over Rocky on his blog of the same name.
- The Power of Finding Your Voice - This TEDx Talk by award-winning veteran journalist Parisa Khosravi tells the story of her son Payam developing the ability to communicate effectively with a letterboard after years of trying other augmentative and alternative communication methods with no success. Parisa discusses the power of communication and how her relationship with Payam has deepened how that he has the ability to communicate.
- DEEJ - This Peabody Award-winning documentary tells the story of DJ Savarese, a nonspeaking autistic young man who types to communicate. DJ graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a double major in Anthropology and Creative Writing from Oberlin College in 2017. The documentary covers DJ’s educational journey from being fully included in his local public high school in Iowa, to college in Ohio, and provides a window into his daily personal and emotional life. DJ starred in and co-directed the documentary to help promote access and inclusion for other nonspeaking individuals. It premiered on the PBS World Channel in fall 2017.
- Spellers: The Movie
- Makayla's Voice
Blogs
- Jordyn’s Rocky Journey – My Adventures with an Uncontrollable Body, shares the words of a 14 year old boy with autism whose main goal in life is to spread love as far as possible. He writes about his struggles in gaining control over his body, as well as the amazing relationships and opportunities he’s been able to experience since gaining his voice.
- Faith, Hope, and Love…With Autism, written by Philip Reyes details his journey to open communication through the RPM method. Philip discusses his personal experiences and autism, as well as issues pertaining to the autistic and non-speaking community at large.
- Dare to Listen, written by Graciela, is a personal account of her experiences accessing communication through RPM. This includes her poetry and written pieces discussing everything from accessing education as a non-speaking individual to her desires as a self-advocate.
- This is Me Noah, written by Noah Seback is an account from a nonspeaking autistic, self-advocate, and lived experience expert. He serves the non-speaking community from his home in Atlanta, GA but seeks to reach the world with his message of hope for nonspeakers living with unnoticed and untapped potential, no communication access, and runaway emotions and bodies. Through his mentoring business, quirk, he offers his services as a Peer Support Specialist to come alongside peers, family members, and support personnel. He draws from his personal journey, one of barely surviving to thriving, to partner with them as they navigate their own unique autistic path. Noah also advocates, encourages, and educates anywhere, anytime, to anyone who will listen.
- My Beautiful Autistic Mind, written by Julia Griffith