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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.
Author
Series
Daughters of the promise volume 3
Language
English
Description
Young Amish widow, Sadie Fisher, leads a simple life in the quiet countryside of Lancaster County selling Amish goods to a steady stream of tourists. Though it is a good life, lately she’s wondered if it is God’s will for her to remain without a husband and a family.
Winters can be brutally cold and lonely in Pennsylvania, so Sadie rejoices when a renter signs up for a three month stay in her guest cottage. But when wealthy, impulsive Englischer...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Temple Grandin discusses the research that is transforming our understanding of the autistic brain. Weaving her own experience with remarkable new discoveries, she introduces the neuroimaging advances and genetic research that link brain science to behavior, even sharing her own brain scans from numerous studies.
Author
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
32 pages.
Language
English
Description
Experts say that as many as 1 in 68 American kids may fall somewhere on the autism spectrum. Autism affects peoples ability to communicate and socialize. The disorder can be a challenge sometimes, but people with autism are also capable of amazing things. Learning as much as you can about the disorder can make it easier to cope with it.
Author
Publisher
Aviva Publishing
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
205 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Written by an autistic youth, Tyler McNamer, Population: One seeks to help people view autistic people from their perspective. Tyler hopes the reader will "switch eyes" with him for a short time in order to see things from another's viewpoint, so that understanding and caring can begin.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 3
Physical Desc
183 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2015
Edition
First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Physical Desc
x, 353 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
As a boy, Raun Kaufman was diagnosed by multiple experts as severely autistic, with an IQ below 30, and destined to spend his life in an institution. Thanks to Son-Rise, an incredible program his parents created, Raun experienced a full recovery from autism. In Autism Breakthrough, Kaufman presents the ground-breaking principles behind the program that helped him, and so many other families with special children.
9) Unlocked
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
Ella Reynolds, head cheerleader and part of the "in" crowd, befriends Holden Harris, an autistic boy who is bullied at school, and takes on the popular kids at school in the process, including her boyfriend, Jake.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Henry would like to find a friend at school, but for a boy on the autism spectrum, making friends can be difficult, as his efforts are sometimes misinterpreted, or things just go wrong. But Henry keeps trying, and in the end he finds a friend he can play with.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
40 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
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Description
Henry, a first grader on the autism spectrum, attempts to navigate friendships, and sudden changes in classroom routines--like a parade on Friday instead of share time.
Author
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
xviii, 179 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents a clear and concise description about the present basis for autism and many childhood developmental disorders. The Nemechek Protocal offers hope that children afflicted with these conditions may begin on the path of recovery.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
xvi, 208 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In this book, autistic people of diverse racial, ethnic, educational, socioeconomic, and gender backgrounds talk about not just what we wish our own parents had known when we were growing up, but what we most want all parents to know about raising autistic kids today.
Author
Publisher
Kirkton Press
Pub. Date
c1986-2018
Physical Desc
iv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Breaking the Vicious Cycle provides essential information on diet for Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, diverticulitis, celiac disease, cystic fibrosis and chronic diarrhea,
20) Temple Grandin
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
An engaging portrait of an autistic young woman who became, through timely mentoring and sheer force of will, one of America's most remarkable success stories.