My Presentation
On April 21, 2026, I delivered a presentation for the group, "Cultural Autism Studies at Yale." The presentation was: "Autism and cPTSD: My Lived Experience and Learnings"
This page included the slide deck from my presentation, as well as resources. Apologies to everyone who has created a resource or shared information that has helped me in my journey. If additional resources come to mind I will endeavor to add them at a later date.
My Slide Deck
Resources
Personally Vetted and Recommended Resources
(Items that have contributed to my knowledge and healing)
Things I've Written
I'm Not Disabled . . . Or Am I?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/im-disabled-am-i-chuck-hall-msod-2yerc/
Connection between Childhood PTSD and Catastrophizing
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/connection-between-childhood-ptsd-catastrophizing-chuck-hall-msod-5a9de/
What's Wrong with You?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-wrong-you-chuck-hall-msod/
Living on Weird Mountain
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/living-weird-mountain-chuck-hall-msod/
My Autism Is Not All Sunshine & Roses
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-autism-all-sunshine-roses-chuck-hall-msod/
The Power of Sharing Our Journey
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/power-sharing-our-journey-chuck-hall-msod/
Hello, PTSD: I Finally Know Your Name
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hello-ptsd-i-finally-know-your-name-chuck-hall-msod/
One Year Ago I Was Almost Dead
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/one-year-ago-i-almost-dead-chuck-hall-msod/
My Approach to Processing My Trauma
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-approach-processing-trauma-chuck-hall-msod-he-him-/
Working Through Accumulated Trauma Is Not Easy, But We Need To
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/working-through-accumulated-trauma-easy-we-need-chuck/
Books
A Beautiful Mind. Sylvia Nasar, Anna Fields, et al
Ain’t Burned All the Bright, Jason Reynolds and Jason Griffin
An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness, Kay Redfield Jamison
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience, Brene Brown
Enough, Oprah Winfrey, Ania M. Jastreboff M.D. Ph.D. M.D. Ph.D.
Finding Me: A Memoir, Viola Davis
For My Own Good: Medical PTSD and Me, Brenda Denzler
Healing in Your Hands: Self-Havening Practices to Harness Neuroplasticity, Heal Traumatic Stress, and Build Resilience, Kate Truitt, Ph.D., et al
Keep Breathing: A Psychologist’s Intimate Journey Through Loss, Trauma, and Rediscovering Life, Kate Truitt, Ph.D.
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Narrating the Many Autisms: Identity, Agency, Mattering, Anna Stenning
Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit, Brene Brown
The Brotherhood Cure, Dr. D’Anthony T. Harris
The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Gabor Mate, MD
The Tears of Things, Richard Rohr
Trauma Intelligence: The Art of Helping in a World Filled with Pain, Blythe Landry
We're Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation, Eric M. Garcia
When Will I Get The Memo?, Sara-Louise Ackrill (To Be Released May 19)
TV and Movies
(Not all of these depict Autistic people as I would prefer, but there is something to be learned from these.)
Astrid et Raphaëlle
Atypical
Brene Brown: Atlas of the Heart
Love on the Spectrum
Temple Grandin
The Good Doctor
Literature Search via Claude AI and ChatGPT
(Not all read and vetted).
Al Abed, S., & Dehorter, N. (2024). Parvalbumin interneuron activity in autism underlies susceptibility to PTSD-like memory formation. iScience, 27, 109747. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.109747
American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596
Baron-Cohen, S., Wheelwright, S., Skinner, R., Martin, J., & Clubley, E. (2001). The autism-spectrum quotient (AQ). Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31(1), 5–17.
Berne, E. (1964). Games people play. Grove Press.
Brewin, C. R., Cloitre, M., Hyland, P., et al. (2017). ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD. Clinical Psychology Review, 58, 1–15.
Cloitre, M., Garvert, D. W., Brewin, C. R., Bryant, R. A., & Maercker, A. (2013). Evidence for ICD-11 PTSD and complex PTSD. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 26(6), 651–659.
Crompton, C. J., et al. (2020). Autistic peer-to-peer information transfer. Autism, 24(7), 1704–1712.
Ellis, A. (1994). Reason and emotion in psychotherapy. Birch Lane Press.
Ellis, A., & Harper, R. A. (1975). A new guide to rational living. Prentice Hall.
Fenning, R. M., et al. (2019). Autonomic reactivity in autism. Autism.
Gallagher, S. (2005). How the body shapes the mind. Oxford University Press.
Garfinkel, S. N., et al. (2016). Interoceptive dimensions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 371(1708).
Haruvi-Lamdan, N., et al. (2020). Autism and PTSD. Autism, 24(4), 884–898.
Herman, J. L. (1992). Trauma and recovery. Basic Books.
Hull, L., et al. (2019). CAT-Q. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49(3), 819–833.
Kerns, C. M., et al. (2015). Trauma and autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45(11), 3475–3486.
Kerns, C. M., et al. (2017). PTSD in ASD. Clinical Psychology Review, 56, 66–77.
Leder, D. (1990). The absent body. University of Chicago Press.
McEwen, B. S. (2007). Stress and adaptation. Physiological Reviews, 87(3), 873–904.
Miller, W. R., & Rollnick, S. (2012). Motivational interviewing (3rd ed.). Guilford Press.
Milton, D. (2012). Double empathy problem. Disability & Society, 27(6), 883–887.
Mottron, L. (2011). The power of autism. Nature, 479, 33–35.
Murray, D., et al. (2005). Monotropism. Autism, 9(2), 139–156.
Ogden, P., et al. (2006). Trauma and the body. Norton.
Palmer, S. J., & Dvir, Y. (2024). Trauma in ASD youth. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 15.
Porges, S. W. (2011). The polyvagal theory. Norton.
Quinton, A., et al. (2024). PTSD in autism: Review. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders.
Reuben, K. E., et al. (2021). Childhood abuse and autism traits. JAMA Psychiatry, 78(7).
Rumball, F., Happé, F., & Grey, N. (2020). Trauma in autistic adults. Autism Research, 13(12), 2122–2132.
Rumball, F., et al. (2021). PTSD risk in ASD. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 110, 103848.
Sarr, R., et al. (2024). Differential diagnosis autism and CPTSD. British Journal of Psychology.
Thapa, R., & Alvares, G. A. (2019). ANS in autism. Autism Research.
Walker, N. (2021). Neuroqueer heresies. Autonomous Press.
Walker, P. (2013). Complex PTSD. Azure Coyote Publishing.
World Health Organization. (2018). ICD-11.
van der Hart, O., et al. (2006). The haunted self. Norton.van der Kolk, B. A. (2014). The body keeps the score. Viking.