World Autism Acceptance Month
April 2026
This event takes place every April with the aim of raising awareness and
acceptance of autism and changing attitudes towards autistic people. It creates opportunities to share information
and ideas on how to support autistic colleagues, students or family members.
RELATED LIBRARY
RESOURCES
The Health Libraries,
both at the Royal Stoke and County Hospitals, offer resources related to this
topic. In the lists below you’ll find a small selection of items from our
collection. To locate these items, simply go to our online catalogue or ask at
the counter. This
document covers the following resources – books, journals, journal articles and patient information.
·
Autism in nursing and healthcare; Barber,
Christopher; 2025; (John Wiley & Sons)
·
An essential guide to caring for people with a learning disability and
autistic people: enabling a cross-field approach; Jones, Helen;
Page, Andrea; Salmon, Samantha; 2025; (Routledge).
·
Behavioral Parent Training to Address Sleep Disturbances in Young
Children with ASD: Workbook;
Johnson, Cynthia R; 2025; (Oxford University Press) – only available as
either a Keele or NHS e-book.
·
Unmasking autism: discovering the new faces of neurodiversity; Price, Devon; 2022;
(Monoray)
·
Anxiety and Related Disorders Interview Schedule for DSM-5, Child and
Parent Version: Clinician Manual; Silverman, Wendy
K; 2024; (Oxford University Press) – only available as either a Keele or NHS
e-book.
·
Autism and the Empathy Epidemic; Harbord, Janet;
2025; (Bloomsbury Academic) – only available as an Open Access e-book.
·
ABC of neurodevelopmental disorders; Haroon, Munib;
2024; (Wiley-Blackwell) – also available as both a Keele and NHS e-book.
·
Autistic and black: our experiences of growth, progress, and
empowerment; Omeiza, Kala Allen; 2024; (Jessica Kingsley Publishers)
·
Ambulance mental health response: a compassion-focused workbook to
mental health, alongside autism, dementia, and learning disabilities; Simpson, Terry;
2022; (Class Publishing) – also available as both an NHS and Keele e-book.
JOURNALS
·
Autism in
adulthood: challenges and management; (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc) –
available as an Open Access e-journal from 2019 onwards.
·
Autism
& developmental language impairments; (SAGE Publications) –
available as an Open Access e-journal from 2016 onwards.
·
Autism
research; International Society for Autism Research, issuing body; (Wiley
Periodicals Inc) – only available as a Keele e-journal from 2008 onwards.
·
Autism
(Online); National Autistic Society, issuing body; (SAGE Publications) – only
available as a Keele e-journal from 1999 onwards.
·
Molecular
autism; (BioMed Central) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 2010
onwards.
·
Journal of
autism and developmental disorders; Springer US; - available as a Keele e-journal
from 1993 onwards, and NHS ejournal 1993 onwards with 1 year embargo.
·
Focus on
autism and other developmental disabilities (online); (Sage
Publications) – available as an Open Access e-journal from 1999 onwards.
N.B. NHS members
can obtain temporary Keele IT logins to view Keele e-journals from the Keele IT
suite in the Health Library at Royal Stoke. NHS ejournals will
require login with an NHS Open Athens account.
Access more journals via our Journals
webpage: http://www.keele.ac.uk/healthlibrary/find/journals/
·
““We
were happy to just get an autism diagnosis”: a mixed-methods study of parents’
experience with the autism assessment protocol”; Daly,
Jade; Rushe, Damien; et al; Advances in autism, 2026-02, Vol.12 (2), pp.200-219.
·
“Who,
when, where, and why: A systematic review of “late diagnosis” in autism”;
Russell, Alison S; McFayden, Tyler C; et al; Autism research, 2025-01,
Vol.18 (1), pp.22-36.
·
“Association
between autism diagnosis rates and adolescent depression: A population-based
study in Sweden”; Boström, Adrian E. Desai; Andersson, Peter;
et al; Psychiatry research, 2025-02, Vol.344, p.116341, Article 116341.
·
“‘Finding
My Tribe’—The Mixed Blessing of Neoliberal Parenting Programmes for Parents of
Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder”; Burch-Havers, Keely; Ord,
Jon; Societies (Basel, Switzerland), 2025-07, Vol.15 (7), Article 195
(17 pages).
·
“A
preliminary study on the relationship between symptom severity and age of
diagnosis in females versus males with autistic spectrum disorder”;
Sánchez-Pedroche, Alberto; Aguilar-Mediavilla, Eva; et al; Frontiers in
psychology, 2025-02, Vol.16, Article 1472646.
·
“The Lived Experience of Autistic Adults in
Employment: A Systematic Search and Synthesis”; Thorpe
D, McKinlay M, Richards J, Sang K, Stewart ME; Autism in Adulthood, 2024-12,
Vol.6 (4), pp.495-509.
·
“Workplace Accommodations and Employment Outcomes Among Employees With
Autism: A Systematic Review”; Heinze, Cécile; Curēus, 2025-12, Vol.17 (12), Article e99353.
·
“How healthcare systems are experienced by autistic adults in the
United Kingdom: A meta-ethnography”; Radev, Sarah ; Freeth, Megan ; Thompson, Andrew R; Autism : the
international journal of research and practice, 2024-09, Vol.28 (9),
p.2166-2178
PATIENT INFORMATION / PATIENT ADVICE
·
NHS website:
o Autism - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/autism/
·
Charities / Further information:
o
National Autistic Society - https://www.autism.org.uk/
·
ClinicalKey Patient Information Leaflets [Only
available to NHS staff with Open Athens login]:
o
Autism - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_AAFP_autism_en
o
How to support someone with Autism Spectrum
Disorder - https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/patient_handout/5-s2.0-pe_7c550074-2415-42e8-a283-4f26429dac03
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