Neuro-affirming booklets and child-friendly guides for the whole family
Our Understanding and Embracing Your Autistic Family Member resources are a collection of supportive, easy-to-read booklets created to help families understand autism in a positive, respectful, and practical way.
Autism can be misunderstood — even within loving families. These resources are designed to help children, teens, and extended family members build understanding, strengthen relationships, and support an autistic family member with confidence and compassion.
What Resources Are Included?
Understanding and Embracing Your Autistic Child
A compassionate, reassuring guide for parents and carers learning what it means to have an autistic child. This booklet explains autism in a positive, neuro-affirming way, explores strengths and challenges, and offers gentle guidance to help you support your child with understanding, confidence, and love.
Understanding and Embracing Your Autistic Grandchild
A warm, easy-to-read guide to help grandparents understand and embrace their autistic grandchild. Explains autism in a positive, neuro-affirming way and offers gentle guidance on building strong, supportive, and loving relationships.
Understanding and Embracing Your Autistic Great Grandchild
A gentle, reassuring guide to help great grandparents understand and embrace their autistic great grandchild. Explains autism in a positive, neuro-affirming way and offers supportive guidance for nurturing loving, confident relationships.
Understanding and Embracing Your Autistic Niece
A warm, supportive guide to help family members understand and embrace their autistic niece. Explains autism in a positive, neuro-affirming way and offers practical guidance for building understanding, connection, and support.
Understanding and Embracing Your Autistic Nephew
A warm, supportive guide to help family members understand and embrace their autistic nephew. Explains autism in a positive, neuro-affirming way and offers practical guidance for building understanding, connection, and support.
I am Autistic (Boy)
A gentle, reassuring picture-book style guide to help younger children understand what it means to be autistic. Celebrates differences, feelings, and strengths in a simple, positive way through a relatable boy character.
I am Autistic (Girl)
A gentle, reassuring picture-book style guide to help younger children understand what it means to be autistic. Celebrates differences, feelings, and strengths in a simple, positive way through a relatable girl character.
I am Autistic (Older Child)
A more in-depth guide for older children to help them understand their autistic identity. Explores strengths, challenges, emotions, and self-advocacy in a clear, affirming, and age-appropriate way.
I am Autistic (Teen)
A respectful, teen-friendly guide that supports autistic teenagers in understanding their identity. Covers emotions, boundaries, masking, overwhelm, and self-acceptance in a relatable and empowering way.
My Brother is Autistic (Brother)
A gentle picture-book style guide to help younger children understand their autistic brother. Supports empathy, kindness, and positive family relationships in a clear, reassuring way.
My Brother is Autistic (Sister)
A child-friendly picture book designed to help younger children understand their autistic brother. Encourages understanding, patience, and supportive sibling relationships.
My Brother is Autistic (Older Child)
A clear, age-appropriate guide for older children to better understand their autistic brother. Explores differences, communication, emotions, and how to build strong, supportive sibling relationships.
My Sister is Autistic (Brother)
A gentle picture-book style guide to help younger children understand their autistic sister. Supports empathy, understanding, and positive sibling connections.
My Sister is Autistic (Sister)
A warm, accessible picture book that helps younger children understand their autistic sister. Encourages kindness, acceptance, and family understanding.
My Sister is Autistic (Older Child)
An informative, supportive guide for older children to help them understand their autistic sister. Explains differences, emotions, and practical ways to be supportive.
My Sibling is Autistic (Teen)
A thoughtful, teen-focused guide to help young people understand their autistic sibling. Covers communication, boundaries, emotions, and navigating family life with empathy and confidence.
Who Are These Resources For?
These resources are ideal for:
- Families who are new to autism and want a clear starting point
- Children and teens who want to understand themselves or a sibling
- Extended family members who want to be supportive but aren’t sure how
- Schools and professionals supporting family understanding and inclusion
Why We Created These Resources
Many autistic children and young people grow up surrounded by misunderstandings — not because people don’t care, but because they haven’t been given the right tools to understand what autism really is.
We created this collection to support families to move from confusion to confidence. These booklets aim to replace myths with understanding, and judgement with compassion. They encourage families to see the whole person — strengths, needs, communication differences, sensory experiences, and everything in between.
Our goal is to help autistic children and young people feel accepted and supported within their family — and to help family members feel equipped to offer the kind of support that truly helps.