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Stuff for Sensitive People
Blue Light Blocking Glasses - An inexpensive option to try out after sunset to see how sensitive you are to blue light (fancy options also exist).


EWG Database -Database to look up if there are harmful chemicals in your personal care products.

Flare Calmer - Like earplugs, but they 
reduce your stress response to annoying noises without blocking sound. (Loops an alternative brand)

Gluten & Dairy Substitutes - Yummy, carby, creamy substitutes when you're staying off gluten and dairy.

I Can Breathe Face Mask - Face mask that will filter smells from things like perfumes, exhaust and other chemicals as well as particulate matter.

Menstruation Products for the chemically sensitive.

Smidge Sensitive Probiotic - 
Formulated to avoid negative reactions, with no common allergens, additives or prebiotics.

Visible - App to track HRV for those with chronic illnesses or brain fog to help you with pacing so that you can avoid crashing.

HERBS
Herb Pharm - Tinctures (you can find their products on many websites, including Vitacost and Iherb).
Mountain Rose Herbs - Bulk herbs, tinctures and more
Starwest Botanicals - Bulk Herbs, essential oils and more


BOOKS
Emotional Deregulation

Anchored (Deb Dana)
The Mindfulness-Based Emotional Balance Workbook
(Margaret Cullen & Gonzalo Brito Pons)

Navigating these Times
Believers: Making a Life at the End of the World (Lisa Wells)
Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age (Katherine May)

Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape (Cal Flyn)

Autism
Aspergirls (Rudy Simone)
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World that Wasn't Designed for You (Jenara Nerengerg)
Is this Autism: A Guide for Clinicians & Everyone Else (Donna Henderson)
Neurotribes (Steve Silberman)
Unmasking Autism: Discovering the New Faces of Neurodiversity (Devon Price)
​Visual Thinking (Temple Grandin)

Rewiring the Brain
Taming the Tiger Within: Meditations on Transforming Difficult Emotions (Thich Nhat Hanh)
The Brain that Changes Itself (Norman Doidge)
The Brain's Way of Healing (Norman Doidge)

Kids & Young Adults
Anxiety Relief for Teens: Essential CBT Skills and Self-Care Practices to Overcome Anxiety (Regine Galanti)
​Declarative Language Handbook: Using a Thoughtful Language Style to Help Kids with Social Learning Challenges Feel Competent, Connected, and Understood (Linda K. Murphy)
Queerly Autistic: The Ultimate Guide for LGBTQIA+ Teens on the Spectrum (Erin Ekins)

Other
Behave (Robert Sapolsky)
​The Worry Trap (Chad LeJeune)

LINKS
*See also my blog posts
​Am I Autistic? Your Guide to Self Evaluation & Navigating the Clinical Assessment Process (free PDF)

Help Your Child Self-Regulate by Using Declarative Language

Is Rhodiola the Herbal Alternative to ADHD Medication -
This is an article I wrote for Diverge Magazine


Mast Cells and Autism

PDA: Not What You Think it Is!
(for kids)

Pathological Demand Avoidance in Adults: How to Help Them Get Unstuck

​What is Alexithymia?

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