2328809 wrote:

I know that the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series and a lot of the books written by Rick Riordan have characters with ADHD, dyslexia, Autism maybe, People with disablitlys, and queer people. I would highly recommend these books for someone looking for books with diversity.

I was about to say Percy Jackson, where almost all the main characters are neurodivergent

Yello! This isn’t a book, rather a tv show, but it does have several characters with disabilities. It’s called Transformers Prime (one of my MAIN hyperfixtations), and it is AMAZING. Has great action scenes and a darker storyline (while still remaining kid-friendly), and the characters and their designs are incredible. Several of the characters (even if most of them are alien robots) display signs of disabilities without being directly stated. One of them human characters (Rafael) shows some autism traits- with one particular clip of him having a tiny meltdown after there was too many voices yelling at once. Another one of them human characters (Miko) had ADHD symptoms, with hyperactivity and impulsivity being the most prominent. Meanwhile on the actual Transformers side, one of the characters displays signs of PTSD, another is a involuntary mute (if making only beeps and whrr sounds count as muteness)- and one of the opposing side characters is a selective mute (who has only one EPIC line in the entire series). A few others display anger issues, and one particular character has severe (implied) PTSD and anxiety. So yeah. Sorry for the rant, but I * L O V E this show even if you don’t like Transformers please give it a shot with an open mind (first season can be found on Netflix, the rest on youtube)

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks by Emily Kenny (main character Alice is autistic)
Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt (main character Selah is autistic)
Can You See Me? and its sequels and prequel Do You Know Me?, Ways to Be Me, and All the Pieces of Me by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott (main character Tally is autistic; later books have another autistic character named Jade)
Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos (main character Nova is autistic; there are also other possibly neurodivergent characters)
Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll (main character Cora is autistic; side character Adrien has ADHD)
A Kind of Spark and its prequel Keedie by Elle McNicoll (main characters Addie and Keedie are autistic; side characters Bonnie and Angel are also autistic)
Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit (main character Vivy is autistic)
The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla (main character Maudie is autistic; side character Paddi has ADHD and Maudie's father is implied to be autistic)
Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass (main character Ellen is autistic; side character Gibs has ADHD)
The Color of Sound by Emily Barth Isler (main character Rosie is a synesthete)
Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya (main character Emilia Rosa has ADHD)

goldLibby2019 wrote:

The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks by Emily Kenny (main character Alice is autistic)
Good Different by Meg Eden Kuyatt (main character Selah is autistic)
Can You See Me? and its sequels and prequel Do You Know Me?, Ways to Be Me, and All the Pieces of Me by Libby Scott and Rebecca Westcott (main character Tally is autistic; later books have another autistic character named Jade)
Planet Earth Is Blue by Nicole Panteleakos (main character Nova is autistic; there are also other possibly neurodivergent characters)
Show Us Who You Are by Elle McNicoll (main character Cora is autistic; side character Adrien has ADHD)
A Kind of Spark and its sequel Keedie by Elle McNicoll (main characters Addie and Keedie are autistic; side characters Bonnie and Angel are also autistic)
Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen! by Sarah Kapit (main character Vivy is autistic)
The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla (main character Maudie is autistic; side character Paddi has ADHD and Maudie's father is implied to be autistic)
Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass (main character Ellen is autistic; side character Gibs has ADHD)
The Color of Sound by Emily Barth Isler (main character Rosie is a synesthete)
Each Tiny Spark by Pablo Cartaya (main character Emilia Rosa has ADHD)

just saying i think keedie is a prequel not a sequel

allaycage wrote:

just saying i think keedie is a prequel not a sequel

yeah that's just a typo

Unseelie by Ivelisse Housman main character is autistic
The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl by Stacy McAnulty main character has OCD
The Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch multiple characters have synesthesia

moth flight from the warrior cats books was confirmed to have adhd! i also personally see hollyleaf and dovewing as autistic-coded

Would highly recommend good different by Meg Eden kyuatt, it’s good but it’s probably one of the most realistic depictions of autism in a children’s book.

Has anyone read The Ostrich and Other Lost Things by Beth Hautala? I met the author last year and she signed my copy. Great book.

core1223e wrote:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The main character had suffered from seizures. The book contains swear words though

That book was hilarious (at times)

The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor. It falls into the young adult catigory, so watch out. The main charachter is trans, nonbinary, autistic, and adopted.

Turtles all the way down!!!

auggiesnotebook wrote:

Turtles all the way down!!!

yesss! such a good book <3

SockAlternative wrote:

For any books with neurodivergent characters. The books don't have to explicitly state the characters are neurodivergent, it can just be what you believe. Anything that falls under neurodivergent is allowed.

The Percy Jackson series has characters who have ADHD and Dyslexia c:

Devils Like Us by L. T. Thompson – one of the main characters has ADHD, as does the author. It's a queer YA historical fantasy novel (this character is also trans, and the other two main characters are sapphic) and it's very good.

Cat_Girl323 wrote:

★ Most books by Sally J. Pla and Elle McNicoll have autistic main characters
★ Rules by Cynthia Lord (main character's brother David is autistic)
★ Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (main character Ally is dyslexic)
★ Rain Reign by Ann M. Martin (main character Rose is autistic)
★ Anything But Typical by Nora Raleigh Baskin (main character Jason is autistic)
★ The Rip and Red Series by Phil Bildner (Red is autistic)
★ A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold (Bat is autistic)
★ Things Seen From Above by Shelley Pearsall (I think Joey (a main character) has autism and dyslexia, it also mentions that a minor character is autistic)

I've read rules and fish in a tree! (But i don't recall if I ever finished rules)

Nes1Owe_Alt wrote:

Has anyone read The Ostrich and Other Lost Things by Beth Hautala? I met the author last year and she signed my copy. Great book.

core1223e wrote:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The main character had suffered from seizures. The book contains swear words though

That book was hilarious (at times)

Yes I have! Its a good book