Student Success

This guide provides an overview of various developmental conditions that affect adolescents and adults, such as ADHD, autism, and dyslexia. It covers their history, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment options, and strategies for self-support and professional care, making it a helpful resource for both individuals suspecting they have an undiagnosed condition and healthcare providers.

An empowering lived-experience guide to celebrating and supporting neurodivergence from 24-year-old actor, social media star and disability advocate Chloé Hayden.

A paradigm-shifting study of neurodivergent women--those with ADHD, autism, synesthesia, high sensitivity, and sensory processing disorder--exploring why these traits are overlooked in women and how society benefits from allowing their unique strengths to flourish.

Provides practical organizing strategies for adults with ADD, offering advice on managing digital information, distractions, finances, and more.

ADHD 2.0 reframes ADD/ADHD as a personality trait rather than a disorder, introducing the concept of the Variable Attention Stimulation Trait (V.A.S.T). The authors update the science and share innovative strategies to help individuals with ADD/ADHD thrive, using real-life case studies and new research to highlight how traits like impulsivity and distractibility can be harnessed for creativity and success.

A NYT best-selling doctor and TikToker offers a collection of quick-read insights to help a newly diagnosed generation understand ADHD.

Drawing on the latest research, expert interviews and personal stories, a certified ADHD coach debunks misinformation about ADHD in women and explores how the condition manifests itself differently in the female brain.

The must-have resource for anyone who lives with ADHD, either themselves or with an affected family member. Written to appeal to the ADHD brain, ADHD is Awesome is the engaging, uplifting antidote to traditional ADHD books (which, let's be honest if you have ADHD you'd never read anyway).

The creator of the YouTube channel "How to ADHD" shares the insights and strategies that help her thrive in this accessible and shame-free guide to working with, understanding, and celebrating the ADHD brain

An inclusive guide to ADHD that explores its diverse types, symptoms, diagnoses, and misconceptions, and shares how to work with your ADHD brain to fully understand yourself.

This method provides a simple, room-by-room approach to organizing for greater efficiency and harmony, designed specifically for individuals with ADHD. Developed by a professional organizer and ADHD parent, it includes strategies for maintaining a well-organized lifestyle.

This expanded and updated new edition of psychologist Abigail Levrini's bestselling book offers realistic, proven strategies to help adults with ADHD lead more fulfilling and productive lives.

Proven strategies for strengthening executive functioning skills and overcoming adult ADHD symptoms.

Using the most current research and her approachable style, Dr. Rosier shows those with ADHD and their families how to create new thinking habits, identify unhelpful thought and emotional patterns, and apply strategies to change them.

This guide, written by an autistic individual, offers practical advice on navigating challenges such as dating, employment, and school, while also empowering readers to improve their lives. With a mix of personal insight and actionable tips, it provides a relatable resource for anyone on the autism spectrum.

This guide offers practical advice for autistic individuals navigating therapy, highlighting how to identify problematic therapists and set boundaries

A selection of reflective essays about mental health on the autism spectrum from a diverse range of people.

Navigating life as a young autistic person with ADHD isn't always easy. Luckily, Sarah Boon is here to share her own experiences, helping you to explore how autism and ADHD overlap and identify the strategies that will make day-to-day life easier.

This book combines moving accounts of the lived experience of dyslexic adults with tips and strategies for surmounting the challenges you or a loved one or family member may face.

This book challenges the deficit-based view of dyslexia, showing it as a result of different brain organization that brings powerful advantages. Dyslexic individuals often excel in skills like spatial reasoning, problem-solving, and divergent thinking, and the book offers insights on how these strengths can be nurtured in both educational and professional settings.

Based on current theory and practice, this book discusses the relationship between adult dyslexia and success. Personal stories from dyslexia adults provide a basis on which the reader can relate to challenges and solutions, and a range of strategies are presented to enable people with dyslexia to become successful.

This upbeat guide is the first to detail evidence-based principles for improving well-being in those with mental illness.

This no-nonsense guide to beating social anxiety covers everything from surviving university and the workplace, through to social media and making it through parties and dates (whilst actually enjoying them ).

A resource for anyone who's struggling emotionally and looking for help, from the nation's leading community-based nonprofit that addresses the needs of those living with mental illness.

Chronic illness affects everybody differently, but we all share the goal of living meaningfully and making the most of what we have. This book exists to help you take accessible steps towards that goal and build a life that truly feels like yours.

From COVID-19 and autoimmune disease to chronic pain and inflammation, this new integrative approach and practical guide from two UCSF doctors is an essential guide to living with long illnesses.

An accessible, positive study guide for students with dyslexia, this book uses tried-and-tested strategies to empower you to achieve your academic goals.

Offers holistic guidance to students with any type of physical disability. The goal is to both enable you to get the most out of where you are today as well as how to self-advocate to become employed in whatever field you choose.

This guide helps students with visual impairments navigate the transition from high school to college. It covers essential topics like selecting and applying to college, improving organizational and study skills, managing living spaces, and balancing academic and social life.

This guide helps students, parents, counselors and psychologists find the appropriate resources and accommodations to help students with disabilities successfully transition to college.

Offers students the knowledge, guidance, and strategies they need to effectively choose a college, prepare for university life, and make the most of their collegiate experience.

Equips teens with disabilities with strategies and confidence to navigate the challenges of college. From choosing the right school to thriving in university life, it provides practical tools to ensure a fulfilling collegiate experience.

This collection of essays challenges the assumption that students with intellectual disabilities cannot thrive in higher education. It provides valuable insights for students with intellectual disabilities and their families seeking opportunities in inclusive college programs.

Disability and the University: A Disabled Students' Manifesto is a guide to what students with disabilities need to know about attending university, as well as to the essentials universities should provide for these students.

This practical guide helps teens build executive functioning skills like focus, organization, planning, and time management. With tools like checklists and daily routines, it boosts confidence in completing tasks at school, home, work, and beyond.

Provides those with autism advice on surviving the freshman year of college, covering such topics as living away from home, preparing for classes and exams, making friends, coping in social situations, and managing stress.

This book offers strategies for creating inclusive college environments that support students with invisible disabilities, such as ADHD, learning disabilities, and autism. It emphasizes the importance of fostering success for all students, regardless of whether they disclose their disabilities.

This interactive workbook offers practical advice for students navigating college life, from preparing for sensory changes to managing time and making friends. It includes activities to develop decision-making and reflection skills, with guidance on academic success, socializing, and handling exams.

This book highlights real-life success stories from college students with autism. It provides a unique perspective on the challenges and experiences faced by these students, emphasizing practical strategies for creating inclusive environments.

A weekly workbook of skills aimed at successful independent living for college students on the autism spectrum. Covers topics such as transition to independence, succeeding academically, hygiene, making friends and joining groups, leisure time, and dating.

This guide offers strategies for supporting students with disabilities as they transition from high school to college, addressing challenges like financial aid and application processes. It provides practical resources for families, educators, and transition personnel to help students explore and plan for postsecondary education.

Provides advice for teens with ADHD and learning disabilities on making the transition to college.

This book's overall goal is to educate readers about the college disability services system and to help students prepare for success at college

Prepares students with autism, ADD, and similar disabilities for STEM-focused higher education, offering strategies for classroom behavior, study skills, self-reliance, and accessing support services.

In Taking Flight, Dr. Perry T. Laroque shares his insight and expertise on a range of important issues many students with a wide range of disabilities face as they head off to college. Rather than merely focusing on the academic aspects, LaRoque addresses the full college experience, discussing the strategies and perspective needed to thrive in the classroom and beyond.

This book presents a unique visual approach to academic writing and composition tailored to the needs of students with dyslexia in higher education.

This book is aimed at dyslexic learners in higher education, providing effective strategies appropriate for dealing with note taking, essay writing, reading, and exams, while also delivering targeted emotional support.

This practical skills guide helps young people with specific learning differences (SpLDs) including dyslexia, DCD/dyspraxia and ADHD study for their exams. This engaging workbook not only shows students how to develop a positive success attitude towards study and exams, but also aims to equip them with powerful strategies and techniques for learning and remembering.

With a wealth of practical strategies for teaching and supporting students with dyspraxia aged from 11 years up to college or university level, this book addresses all aspects of learning and ways in which teaching can be tailored to the dyspraxic learner.

Full of practical advice and visual examples, this compact book provides learners with the tools and knowledge to work with their dyslexia.

Procrastination and ADHD go hand in hand so how do you start working towards a more focused mindset? This interactive playbook allows you to work through and find the best ways for you to limit your procrastination time, learn about macro and micro procrastinations and supplies interactive worksheets and personalized tools to help you target the specific forms of procrastination that affect you the most.

Written by a clinical therapist, this book focuses on practical methods and strategies, including creative worksheets and easy to use techniques, to help you find your motivation, achieve your goals and feel less stressed about organizing your time.

Successfully self-employed autistic author Robyn Steward shares her keen insights about the valuable skills and unique visions self-employed autistic people bring to the job market. This book will teach you how to bring these strengths into the world of self-employment, so that you can follow your passions as part of the community.

This workbook offers strategies and activities to help individuals with autism succeed in the workplace by focusing on their strengths, such as reliability and creativity. It provides tools for managing challenges like anxiety, sensory overload, and social communication difficulties.

In this book, Asperger's employment expert Barbara Bissonnette describes exactly what it takes to get hired in the neurotypical workplace. Every aspect of finding employment is covered, from defining strengths and researching occupations, to marketing oneself and projecting confidence and enthusiasm in interviews.

A humorously illustrated guide to navigating office life for the autistic employee, with advice on navigating the stressful and sensorially overwhelming world of office speak, endless meetings, workplace relationships, banter and bullying, to help you become the best advocate for yourself at work (and an expert on your neurotypical colleagues).

Provides step-by-step strategies for helping adults with disabilities successfully launch and sustain small businesses. Covering everything from personalized business planning and financing to marketing and maintaining benefits, it includes updated tools, case studies, and insights into using technology and online opportunities to support entrepreneurship.

Filled with first-hand accounts and the best kept secrets to help your relationship bloom, this book is a deep dive into loving autistic relationships and the unique strengths that drive them.

Written by an autistic mother who experienced a mental health crisis following a poorly supported pregnancy and childbirth, she gives voice to the experiences of many autistic parents in order to address the issues they collectively and uniquely face. The outcome is a practical, insightful, and solution-focused guide to empower autistic parents from pre-conception right through to the first few months with baby, and to inform health and social care staff whose job it is to offer support and to meet their needs at these critical times.

A much-needed guide to dating—from apps to hooking up, sex, long-term relationships and more—from disabled essayist and author Jessica Slice and bioethicist Caroline Cupp.

A revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms.

Speaking from a wealth of experience as both a mental health expert and an autistic parent, Pooky Knightsmith guides you through the joys and challenges of raising children in a neurotypical world. Always authentic, always practical, sometimes funny, and never judgmental, this book is an essential read for ADHD and neurodivergent parents (and future parents!) looking for advice from someone who's been there and made it work.

This book encourages neurodivergent individuals to embrace the challenges and joys of parenting, emphasizing that autism does not disqualify someone from being a good parent. It acknowledges the unique aspects of parenting while autistic and provides guidance for managing these challenges with confidence and support.

A quick, easy, and educational comic book guide that will help change the way we talk about sex and sexuality for all bodies.

Niamh Garvey offers tips and tricks designed to reduce sensory and emotional stress and look after your autistic self. Featuring strategies including 'quick calm plans' for managing triggers and lived-experience advice on understanding emotional regulation, coping with sensory overload and how to look after your senses during intimacy, this guide is here to ensure that you don't just survive adulthood, you thrive in it.

Ditch the stigma, celebrate your identity, and put yourself first with these 100+ exercises that reinforce the idea that neurodiversity is a strength and teaches you how to relax, destress, find your community, practice self-love, and more.

Destress, find your community, and practice self-love with these 100+ exercises to reinforce ADHD as a strength.

Combining lived experience with scientific research and practical advice, this book is the essential guide to understanding why you mask and how to feel confident without one. With expert advice on how to feel secure taking off your mask, this guide will give you all the tools you need to re-connect with yourself and the things you love.

This workbook helps autistic individuals embrace their true selves, offering tools for self-acceptance, managing emotions, and self-advocacy. It includes strategies for setting goals, coping with burnout, and navigating life confidently while rejecting harmful, internalized messages.

This book offers guidance for autistic individuals transitioning into adulthood, helping them navigate new challenges while pursuing their goals. It provides tools for independence, self-advocacy, and support from family and friends, featuring experiences from autistic young adults.

Yoga practice has so much to offer us physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. It is truly a practice for all—you do not need to be young, slim, and flexible to practice it. Heyman breaks down poses, breathing practices, meditation techniques and yoga teachings into practical tools that we can use every day, regardless of our limitations or challenges.

Offers clear, jargon-free recipes for autistic adults and teens, with options for different energy levels, dietary needs, and sensory preferences. It includes meal categories, quick options, and special occasion recipes, with helpful tips for parents and teachers.

This neurodiversity-affirming guide offers practical strategies for young autistic adults navigating independence. Through five fictional characters and success stories from autistic individuals, it provides tools for overcoming challenges and embracing adult life on one's own terms.

This book will guide you in learning how to practice yoga, no matter your body type, age, or experience level. It will teach you how yoga can improve physical strength, flexibility, and balance, while also helping you manage anxiety and depression, leading to a transformative shift in your life.

This book offers a yoga practice accessible to all, regardless of body type, age, or ability. It includes 50 poses with variations and 10 sequences that cater to diverse needs, helping anyone integrate yoga into their life for physical and mental well-being.