I am an Aspie Girl: A book for young girls with autism spectrum condit Hardcover – Illustrated, 21 April 2015

I feel like this book was written specifically for my “aspie girl”. If you need a book to tell your child or those around her about ASD this is it! It is absolutely the best book I have seen about explaining autism in girls specifically!! My daughter keeps reading it over and over and hasn’t put it down since I gave it to her!!

I've been looking for a book to help explain my 6yo daughter's diagnosis to her that would give her a positive view of herself. I cried when I read this book because it was so perfect. When I read it to my daughter, she smiled and said "like me mommy! Did you buy this book because it's like me?". She was so proud to be an "aspie girl"!

I'm surprised how much I love the book. The first part is a picture book on female Aspie characteristics. Great illustrations and a little over-simplified but age-appropriate text. The second part gives a little more background info for grown-ups on the first part and is very accurate and lovely and should definitively be read by grown-ups before they discuss the book with a young aspie girl.

Bought this book for my 8yo daughter with ASD to introduce her to her condition. This book provides a perfect introduction to high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (previously Aspergers Syndrome) in basic term for young girls to understand. It explains some of the things they might experience as a girl on the Autism Spectrum, eg: sensory, social, emotional regulation challenges etc. Lovely illustrations and the perfect amount of information. Not too long. My child and I really enjoyed it. It's great too for reading to your child's siblings to let them understand their sister's condition.

Read this to my nearly 5 year old daughter tonight. She was diagnosed with ASD last year. The diagnosis of aspergers syndrome is not given any more. It is all autism spectrum disorder which makes things quite complicated to explain. People have strong conceptions of autism, most of the literature for kids does are not helpful to my daughter. My daughter is curious, outgoing, has strong feelings and is sociable, just like the girl in the book. She just cant get the unwritten rule. Most things apply to boys who present very differently from girls.I was really happy to see this book. She is picking up things more from the various appointments and SENCO things at school. I want to bring it up first, even as a way to talk about things in school. I adjusted the words when I read it to my daughter, swopped the diagnosis for the familiar terms they use now. Still used aspie as it's a nice abbreviation I think. This book opened some dialogue with her and she was providing suggestions, such as earphones for the sensory difficulties. The last book we read, she was not open to it at all and hid it down the side of her bed. This book is great as it is applicable to young school girls. My daughter is in reception. As stated I adapted some of the words to make it more relevant. Also I spoke a lot of it in first person (from the girl's perspective), rather than "all aspies" as this helped us talk about solutions for the girl in the book. I would so much like to see more books for girls without all the misconceptions and stereotypes.