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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"The latest research shows that as many as 1 in 50 U.S. children now has autism, and the number keeps rising. Parents of these children become full-time researchers, always looking for the latest information on doctors, education, and treatments, and parents of girls with autism face particularly unique challenges. After countless hours of study, Tony Lyons is sharing what he have learned. In 101 Tips for the Parents of Girls with Autism you will...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"A boy with an uncanny ability to find lost objects must embark on his most important search yet in order to save his mother's enchanted dessert shop, the only place he's ever called home. There's only one place in the world that lonely twelve-year-old Walter Lavender Jr. feels at home: The Lavenders, his mother's unusual West Village dessert shop, where meringues scud through displays like clouds, marzipan dragons breathe actual fire, and the airy...
Author
Publisher
Magination Press/American Psychological Association
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
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Fitting in to school and social life can be the single most challenging task when you have Aspergers syndrome. Aspergers Rules! can help. Packed full of information, this book covers common school situations and the uncommon challenges that they can present to a child with Aspergers. Kids will find the how-to for understanding and communicating with peers and teachers, standing up for and taking care of themselves, setting realistic goals, and making...
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"In Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 2034, a comet is due to hit the Earth within the hour. Denise, who's sixteen years old and autistic, must try to find her missing sister and also help her neglectful, undependable mother safely aboard a spaceship"--
Author
Publisher
Future Horizons Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Anxiety can be overwhelming for children with autism. It doesn't need to be. The anxiety levels commonly found in children with autism affect social skills, memory, learning, and attention span--and often lead to meltdowns. Those who live or work with kids on the spectrum are acutely aware of how disruptive anxiety can be. However, we are rarely provided with clear guidance on how to manage this anxiety. This book bridges that gap. Through his twenty-plus...
Author
Series
Adulting while autistic volume 1
Publisher
Future Horizons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Independent Living with Autism is a guide for young adults with autism leaving the shelter of school and looking for guidance in the important tasks of adult life. It is also for the more mature adult who has long struggled with the feeling different from the rest of the world, misunderstanding social cues and being misunderstood, who is finally diagnosed with (or suspects) an autism spectrum disorder. This book will help ASD adults find practical,...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It's also my love letter to autistic people. For too long, we have been forced to navigate a world where all the road signs are written in another language."
With a reporter's eye and an insider's perspective, Eric Garcia shows what it's like to be autistic across America.
Garcia...
With a reporter's eye and an insider's perspective, Eric Garcia shows what it's like to be autistic across America.
Garcia...
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Language
English
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"The face of autism is changing, and more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick. Autism in Heels, an intimate memoir, reveals the woman inside one of autism's most prominent figures, Jennifer Cook O'Toole. At the age of thirty-five, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, and for the first time in her life, things made sense. Now, Jennifer exposes the constant struggle between carefully crafted persona and authentic existence,...
73) Rules
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Language
English
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Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.
Twelve-year-old Catherine just wants a normal life. Which is near impossible when you have a brother with autism and a family that revolves around his disability. She's spent years trying to teach David the rules-from "a peach is not a funny-looking apple" to "keep your pants...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Language
English
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Description
Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, later translated into English by author David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas), THE REASON I JUMP is an immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity through the experiences of nonspeaking autistic people from around the world. The film blends Higashida's revelatory insights into autism, written when he was just 13, with intimate portraits of five remarkable young people. It opens a window for audiences...
76) Rain reign
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Language
English
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Rose Howard has OCD, Asperger's syndrome, and an obsession with homonyms. She gave her dog Rain a name with two homonyms (Reign and Rein). Rose and Rain are practically inseparable. And they are often home alone, as Rose's father spends most evenings at a bar, and doesn't have much patience for his special-needs daughter. Just as a storm hits town, Rain goes missing. Rose's father shouldn't have let Rain out. Now Rose has to find her dog, even if...
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
Examines "the learning style of children with [Asperger's] syndrome and explains how to introduce structured play that engages Asperkids and explicitly addresses ASD weaknesses while exploiting ASD strengths"--Amazon.com.
79) Autism abracadabra: seven magic ingredients to help develop your child's interactive attention span
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This survival guide for autistic adults is aimed at the young adult market - a sort of next step after the college experience - but the advice could be relevant across different age ranges (i.e parents could be planning ahead and buy for their 16-18 year old). The author is 25 and autistic and she felt that there was a gap in the market for people at her stage of life. Having all this practical advice about independent living in one place makes transitions...
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