Background and Concepts
Worldwide Cases
⋯ Taiwan ⋯
游高晏(Yu Kao-Yen)
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Books.com.tw: Yu Kao-Yen, who loves reading, communicates with the world using only one finger, and his inner world and writing talent are discovered, and a miracle happens!
- 文薈獎‧第13屆:全國身心障礙者文藝獎得獎作品輯 (2015)
- 我和地球人相處的日子 (2013)
⋯ Japan ⋯
東田直樹(Higashida Naoki)
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Eslite: A severe autistic patient who cannot speak or communicate with others, started creating picture books and prose from an early age and received awards for it, demonstrating an astonishing literary talent.
- 我的世界 你從未來過:一個自閉症者的自白 (2017)
- 我想飛進天空 (2016)
- 不能說話,但我仍然可以對全世界微笑:自閉症的我,面對這個世界的勇氣 (2015)
- 我想變成鳥,所以跳起來:在自閉兒的世界裡,理解是最適當的陪伴 (2015)
- 請聽我說:傾聽自閉少年的內心之歌 (2014)
- The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism (2013)
- Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man’s Voice from the Silence of Autism Paperback (2009)
⋯ USA ⋯
Ido Kedar
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Amazon: Through the use of a letter board, and now an iPad, Ido has triumphed communicatively, enabling him to flourish in a regular high school in all general education classes.
- In Two Worlds (2018)
- Ido in Autismland: Climbing Out of Autism’s Silent Prison (2012)
⋯ Canada ⋯
Carly Fleischmann
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Amazon: has regular, witty, and profound conversations on the computer with her family, her therapists, and the many thousands of people who follow her via her blog, Facebook, and Twitter.
- Carly’s Voice: Breaking Through Autism (2012)
⋯ India ⋯
Tito Mukhopadhyay
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Amazon: diagnosed in early childhood with severe or low functioning non-verbal autism. He communicates primarily through writing and has learned to develop his reading, writing, and thinking abilities.
- Teaching Myself To See (2021)
- Plankton Dreams: What I Learned in Special-Ed (2020)
- The Elements (2019)
- I’m Not a Poet but I Write Poetry: Poems from My Autistic Mind (2012)
- How Can I Talk If My Lips Don’t Move?: Inside My Autistic Mind (2011)
- The Mind Tree: A Miraculous Child Breaks the Silence of Autism (2011)
- The Mind Tree (2007)
- The Gold of the Sunbeams: And Other Stories (2005)
- Beyond the Silence: My Life, the World and Autism (2000)
⋯ USA ⋯
Sue Rubin
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sue-rubin.com: served as an inspiration and role model for people with disabilities nationwide, advocating for disability rights and showing families that it is possible for an adult with a significant disability, to live a full and fulfilling life in spite of many challenges.
- Autism is a World