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Join Ms. Heather in listening to various stories, rhymes, music and other fun activities!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Through the alternating stories of twins Callie and Charlie, their fictional counterparts, teenagers Ryan Elizabeth Peete and RJ Peete discuss what it is like for RJ as a teenager with autism and Ryan as a teenager with an autistic sibling.
Author
Publisher
Future Horizons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiii, 101 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"This book is for parents and professionals who are guiding adolescents and young adult children with high functioning autism or Asperger's toward employment and independence"--Amazon.
Author
Series
Publisher
Amicus Illustrated
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Zen! He loves to draw and play video games. He also has autism. Zen is real and so are his experiences. Learn about his life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students"--
Author
Publisher
Broadstreet Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
255 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
First-time parents Joe and Tahni Cullen were thrust into the confusing world of autism when their toddler, Josiah, suddenly lost his ability to speak, play, and socialize. The diagnosis: Autism Spectrum Disorder. In their attempts to see Josiah recover and regain speech, the Cullens underwent overwhelming physical, emotional, and financial struggles. While other kids around him improved, Josiah only got worse. Five years later, Josiah, who had not...
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
xiii, 269 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"New hope for parents raising a child with autism spectrum disorders. In Raising Resilient Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders, noted psychologists and bestselling authors Dr. Goldstein and Dr. Brooks teach you the strategies and mindset necessary to help your child develop strength, hope, and optimism. This is the first approach for autism spectrum disorders based in the extremely popular field of positive psychology. Drs. Brooks and Goldstein--world-renowned...
Author
Series
Henry chapter books volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry, a young boy with autism goes on a class field trip to the natural history museum, with instructions to find something new.
Author
Publisher
Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
234 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Hi! My name is Abigail, and I'm autistic. But I didn't know I was autistic until I was (kind of) an adult. This is my true story of growing up in the confusing "normal" world, all the while missing some Very Important Information about myself. There'll be scary moments involving toilets and crowded trains, heartwarming tales of cats and pianos, and funny memories including my dad and a mysterious tub of ice cream. Along the way, you'll also find some...
29) Rose Red
Publisher
Trimark Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Deluxe ed.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (255 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The chilling tale of Dr. Joyce Reardon, an obsessed psychology professor who commissions a team of psychics and a gifted 15-year-old autistic girl, Annie, to literally wake up a supposedly dormant haunted mansion-- Rose Red. Their efforts unleash myriad spirits and uncover horrifying secrets of the generations who have lived and died there.
30) Miracle Creek
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A literary courtroom thriller about a mother accused of murdering her eight-year-old autistic son"--
In rural Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine-- a pressurized oxygen chamber that patients enter for therapeutic 'dives' with the hopes of curing issues like autism or infertility. When the Miracle Submarine mysteriously explodes, killing two people, a dramatic murder trial upends...
31) The wizard
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A boy decides to take his autistic video game-playing brother to a national video game competition across the country.
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
2016
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
"This practical handbook describes a proven, evidence-based programme to make the transition from primary to secondary school as smooth and successful as possible for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). The first part of the book explains how to create individualised Transition Plans for each child, and describes how school staff can collaborate successfully with parents and carers. Part two contains a wealth of practical, photocopiable...
33) Mighty Jack
Author
Series
Mighty Jack volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
203 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Jack dreads summer because his single mother has to work and leaves him at home with his boring little sister who is autistic. She doesn't talk at all. Ever. But one day while they are at a flea market, she does talk. She tells Jack to trade their mother's car for a box of mysterious seeds. It's the best mistake Jack has ever made!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Aurora Petrequin's best friend has never spoken a word to her. In fact, Frenchie Livernois doesn't talk. Aurora is bouncy, loud and impulsive. Making friends has never come easily. When Frenchie, who is autistic, silently chose Aurora as his person back in third grade, she chose him back. They make a good team, sharing their love of the natural world in coastal Maine. In the woods, Aurora and Frenchie encounter a piebald deer, a rare...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is a book about a young girl who moves to a new town every couple of years; a misfit teenager who finds solace in a local music scene; an adrift twenty-something who drops out of college to pursue her dream of making cheesecake on a stick a successful business franchise (ah, the ideals of youth). Alone in a new city, she summons her inner strength as she holds the hand of a dying stranger. Davies is a woman who finds humor in difficult pregnancies...
36) The Rosie result
Author
Series
Publisher
Text Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back in Australia after a decade in New York, and they're about to face their most important challenge. Their son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he's socially awkward and not fitting in. Don's spent a lifetime trying to fit in, so who better to teach Hudson the skills he needs? The Hudson Project will require the help of friends old and new, force Don to decide how much to guide Hudson and how much to let him be...
37) This could be us
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Soledad Barnes has her life all planned out. Because, of course, she does. She plans everything. She designs everything. She fixes everything. She's a domestic goddess who's never met a party she couldn't host or a charge she couldn't lead. The one with all the answers and the perfect vinaigrette for that summer salad. But none of her varied talents can save her when catastrophe strikes, and the life she built with the man who was supposed to be...
Author
Publisher
IGM Legacy d.o.o
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The book in front of you holds not only words, but a mother's hope, tears, and countless sleepless nights. As diligent a businesswoman as a baker and therapist, follow her story as a mother who would move mountains to secure a good life for her child, one devoid of the scrutiny and limitations that plague so many special needs kids' lives. This work not only catalogues the ups and downs of her daughter's autism diagnosis, but also highlights her...
39) Speak up!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twelve-year-old Mia is just trying to navigate a world that doesn't understand her true autistic self. While she wishes she could stand up to her bullies, she's always been able to express her feelings through singing and songwriting, even more so with her best friend, Charlie, who is nonbinary, putting together the best beats for her. Together, they've taken the internet by storm; little do Mia's classmates know that she's the viral singer Elle-Q!...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sam and Asha. Asha and Sam. Their friendship is so long established, they take it for granted. Just as Asha takes for granted that Donnybrooke, the mansion that sits on the highest hill in Coreville, is the best house in town. But when Sam is accepted into snobbish Castleton Academy as an autistic 'Miracle Boy,' he leaves Asha, who is also autistic, to navigate middle school alone. He also leaves her wondering if she can take anything for granted...
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