Aiden’s Kisses started as one book about one little boy who loves differently. It was never going to stay that way.
Just Like Me is the series Aiden’s Kisses belongs to — a growing collection of children’s books built around one idea: autistic kids deserve to see themselves on the page, not as a diagnosis, but as a whole, joyful, complicated kid having a regular day.
When was the last time your child opened a book and saw a character who moved through the world the way they do?
For a lot of our families, the honest answer is “I can’t remember” or “never.”
That gap is what Just Like Me exists to close. And it’s bigger than any single title — there are more books already in progress behind Aiden’s Kisses, each one built around a different piece of what it actually looks like to grow up autistic, the parts that never make it into the paperwork.
Here is the part that doesn’t get said enough: a book on a shelf is not the finish line. A story can hand a child language for who they are. It cannot hand them a safe place to sleep, a stable home, or a school that knows how to support them once they close the book.
That’s why this campaign isn’t called “Just Like Me: Buy the Books.” It’s called “From Stories to Safe Homes.” Every dollar goes toward the literacy and stability programs that pick up exactly where the story leaves off.
If Aiden’s Kisses is already on your shelf, or you’ve been waiting for the next one — here is how you help build it, and the safe homes behind it.
Support the Just Like Me series → givebutter.com/justlikemeseries
The Alani Jacob Foundation is the public-facing initiative founded by Salima Levy, dedicated to ancestral memory, disability advocacy, and community transformation. Learn more at alanijacobfoundation.org.