Book Recommendations

Some helpful books on inclusive design, accessibility and neurodiversity

Disclaimer:

Throughout my career, I have found these books/part of these books helpful. You might not / might have felt that these books were not helpful. That’s ok, my goal here is not to say that these are the best books but just some to get started with. If you have other recommendations or criticisms of these books please put them below :)

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Inclusive Design

• Mismatch, How Inclusion Shapes Design

• Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers

• Building for Everyone: Expand Your Market with Design Practices from Google's Product Inclusion Team

• Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Communities

• Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind (Design Thinking)

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Accessibility

• A Web for Everyone

• ACCESSIBILITY FOR EVERYONE

• The Fast Guide to Accessibility Design - (this is book is about architecture but is still a fun read)

• Agile Accessibility Handbook: A Practical Guide to Accessible Software Development At Scale

• Practical Web Inclusion and Accessibility: A Comprehensive Guide to Access Needs

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Neurodiversity

• WE'RE NOT BROKEN: CHANGING THE AUTISM CONVERSATION

• NEUROTRIBES: THE LEGACY OF AUTISM AND THE FUTURE OF NEURODIVERSITY

• NEURODIVERSITY AT WORK: DRIVE INNOVATION, PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY WITH A NEURODIVERSE WORKFORCE

• THE POWER OF NEURODIVERSITY: UNLEASHING THE ADVANTAGES OF YOUR DIFFERENTLY WIRED BRAIN