The Autistic Adult's Toolboxby Natalie Diggins

The Essentials: For employers

Practical tools for the parts of working life that don't come with a manual.

Written by an autistic executive. A resource your employees can use directly, and the managers around them can learn from.


Most workplace neurodiversity resources are training decks and policy. This is the inside view they miss. Each chapter ends with a tool an autistic employee can pick up the week they start — meeting planners, disclosure scripts, sensory tools — and a manager can use the same chapter to understand what their team member is actually asking for. The tools are the ones Natalie built to do her own job, not a curriculum written from the outside.

"One of the book's strengths is its breadth; the author addresses everything from romantic partnerships to family gatherings to work settings." — Kirkus Reviews

Ordering for your workplace

Order through Amazon, or through Ingram (ISBN 979-8-9985689-0-9), for HR resource libraries, employee assistance programs, employee resource groups, and manager training cohorts. To request a complimentary copy to evaluate for your team, ERG, or program, contact Natalie.

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Employer Overview

A summary for evaluating the Toolbox for your workplace.

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Free Chapter: Taking Control and Making Meetings Work for You

A complete chapter from the book — practical strategies for reading the room, preparing in advance, and participating on your own terms, with a reusable meeting planner an employee can use right away.

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Free Book Club Discussion Guide

Built for the mixed audiences book clubs actually have: autistic readers, partners and families, professionals. The facilitator framing lets people engage at whatever depth feels right, no disclosure required. Five themed question sets follow the book, with optional deeper-reflection layers and accessibility considerations for autistic participants. Free to share for workplace, library, and educational use.

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