PANELISTS:

• Sally J. Pla, author of  Benji, The Bad Day, and Me (picture book), The Someday Birds (middle-grade novel), and The Fire, The Water, and Maudie McGinn (middle grade novel).

• Mike Jung, author of The Boys in the Back Row (middle-grade novel), Unidentified Suburban Object (middle-grade reader), and the short story "Thrown" from The Hero Next Door anthology (middle-grade short story) 

• Ivelisse Housman, author of Unseelie (young adult fantasy)

• Lyn Miller-Lachman, author of Moonwalking (middle-grade novel), Torch (young adult, historical fiction), and Rogue (middle-grade novel)  

• Sarah Kapit, author of Get a Grip, Vivy Cohen (middle-grade reader) and The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family (middle-grade reader). 

For a list of these authors' books featuring autistic characters, along with descriptions, click here.