🎧 For listening
Podcasts and audiobooks
To learn while you drive, cook or wait at therapy: the best in Spanish about autism and ADHD, what’s free and what’s best avoided, plus a few in English.
Autism podcasts (free)
You can listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or iVoox, without paying anything.
Comunicación y Neurodiversidad
The most useful if your child is non-speaking. From the acerCAAr team, about augmentative communication (AAC): how a child can communicate with pictures, boards or an app like Mi Voz. Apple Podcasts. To start, the interview “Comunicación Aumentativa Alternativa” (47 min).
Gatea, el podcast del autismo
The most complete autism podcast in Spanish: more than 200 episodes with professionals and autistic people, and several that debunk pseudotherapies. Spotify · iVoox. Recommended: #178 “Libros esenciales sobre autismo” (essential books about autism).
Voices of Mexican moms
Single episodes to feel less alone: La Magia del Caos #116, “Criando a un hijo en el espectro” (raising a child on the spectrum), Mamás en Pausa, “Soy mamá de un niño autista” (I’m the mom of an autistic boy) and Iluminemos, with Malú Treviño, an autistic mom of autistic children.
El Podcast de Autismo – TEA
Short episodes by a teacher, very focused on school. Good to share with your child’s teacher. Spotify.
Conversaciones de Autismo
From the University of New Mexico, for Spanish-speaking families: how to get services and go from diagnosis to treatment. Listen here.
From the inside
To understand how autism feels, told by autistic people: A los 40, autismo (autism at 40) and Identidad neurodivergente (neurodivergent identity).
Recommended audiobooks
Paid, by well-known authors and with a human voice. Approximate prices: they vary by store and country.
Es autista, ¿y ahora qué?
Daniel Millán, psychologist. (“My child is autistic, now what?”) The best audio guide for after the diagnosis: grief, acceptance and what to do first. 7 h 20 min, Spain accent. Audible · Storytel.
El cerebro del niño explicado a los padres
Álvaro Bilbao, neuropsychologist. (The Child’s Brain Explained to Parents) How the brain develops from 0 to 6, explained simply. There’s a Latin American Spanish version (6 h 19 min). Audible, about USD 14.
Disciplina sin lágrimas
Daniel Siegel and Tina Payne Bryson. (No-Drama Discipline) How to handle hard moments without yelling or punishment. In Latin American Spanish, 8 h 37 min. Audible, about USD 19.
El cerebro del niño
Siegel and Bryson. (The Whole-Brain Child) The classic on “connect and redirect” for big emotions. It isn’t about autism, but it helps with meltdowns. 7 h 17 min. Audible.
Neurodivina y punto
Sara Codina, an autistic woman diagnosed at 41, narrates it herself. It helps you understand autism from the inside. 8 h 40 min. Audible, about USD 17.50.
El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche
Novel by Mark Haddon (The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time), told by a 15-year-old boy who sees the world differently. Good for teenagers and older siblings. 6 h 23 min. Audible.
Highly recommended books that don’t exist as Spanish audiobooks (only print or ebook): La razón por la que salto (The Reason I Jump, Naoki Higashida), Pensar con imágenes (Thinking in Pictures) and El cerebro autista (The Autistic Brain, Temple Grandin), El autismo sin máscara (Unmasking Autism, Devon Price) and El niño explosivo (The Explosive Child, Ross Greene).
ADHD
Many autistic children also have ADHD. This is the most serious content we found in Spanish.
Entendiendo el TDAH
Free podcast for parents (Understanding ADHD), about 105 episodes: whether or not to tell your child the diagnosis, medication, changing schools. Apple Podcasts.
Estate atento
A short, free series (10 episodes): types of ADHD, myths, organization and self-esteem. Ideal to start. Apple Podcasts.
CHADD in Spanish
CHADD is the most serious ADHD organization in the United States. It has free episodes in Spanish with Latina moms about ADHD and challenging behavior. Listen here.
What if I have ADHD too?
Many parents recognize themselves when reading about their children. EspacioTDAH (free podcast) and the audiobook TDAH en el adulto (Adult ADHD) by psychiatrist Juncal Sevilla (4 h).
For siblings and classmates
Stories and short films to help children understand their brother, sister or classmate.
Loop (Pixar)
A 12-minute short with Pixar’s first non-speaking autistic main character. It teaches that communicating isn’t just talking. Disney+. Ages 7 and up.
Mi hermano Luca
A story by Mexican author Catalina Serna, mom of an autistic boy: a sister trying to understand her brother. Free on YouTube, in Spanish. Ages 4 to 9.
Mi hermanito de la luna
A 6-minute short made by a dad and narrated by the sister (My Little Brother from the Moon). A classic. Free on YouTube, with Spanish subtitles. Ages 5 to 9.
For the siblings’ parents
The Gatea episode “Hermanos, protagonistas secundarios” (siblings, the supporting characters): how not to forget about them.
In English
- Uniquely Human, by Barry Prizant: the reference book for understanding behaviors as ways of coping with the world. And its free podcast, with more than 160 episodes.
- The Reason I Jump: written by a non-speaking autistic boy. Short (2 h 27 min) and much loved by families. There’s debate about how much his facilitator helped.
- Taking Charge of ADHD, by Russell Barkley: the most solid guide for parents of children with ADHD.
Watch out for these
- The Telepathy Tapes, a very popular podcast that claims non-speaking autistic children have telepathy and promotes “facilitated communication” (FC, RPM, S2C). Studies show that in FC the one typing is the adult. Why it’s risky.
- Videos and books about MMS or chlorine dioxide (Kerri Rivera): it means giving bleach to children. The FDA warns that it’s dangerous. More information.
- Brain Balance and Disconnected Kids (Niños desconectados): they promise that autism and ADHD will “be a thing of the past” with exercises and diets, without evidence.
- Audiobooks with a synthetic voice by authors who can’t be verified, with titles like “beat” or “overcome autism”.
If something promises to cure, “reverse” or help a child “recover” from autism, check the therapy traffic light and Watch out for…
We checked each resource on October 26, 2026. Audible, Storytel and Spotify catalogs vary by country: if a link no longer works or you know something good that’s missing, write to us at [email protected]. We don’t receive money for any recommendation.
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