Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Alaska

A Novel

House Rules

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Julie Buxbaum

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Vermont

When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, Kit asks David for his help figuring out the how and why of her father's tragic car accident.

What to Say Next

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One double-sided bookmark. Professionally printed with a gloss finish. #bookmark #autism #space #autismisoutofthisworld

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

California

Autism is out of this world 6x2in bookmark

#autism #asd #neurodivergent #middlegrade

Wisconsin

Livid Owen Lived Here

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Marti Leimbach

Minnesota

Exploring the effects of autism on a young family, a heartwarming novel by the author of Dying Young

Daniel Isn't Talking

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Pennsylvania

A Picture Book about Living with Autism

"Sometimes I do not like David. He is so different. He speaks a different language. . . . David is my brother." Thus begins a moving story about David, who has autism, and his older brother, who is trying to understand the world David inhabits. David does not like when people are noisy; he does not like being hugged--not even by his own brother. David does not laugh when happy or cry when sad. He speaks his own language, which is difficult to understand at times. And he eats the same foods almost every day. However, David is a brilliant pianist and seems to have an amazing ability to communicate with the family dog. And even though he is not like most children, through the eyes of his brother we are able to see how he makes progress toward understanding his world.

Dagmar H. Mueller's moving text paired with Verena Ballhaus's expressive art help bring to light the notion that there is a lot to learn about spending time with a child with autism. The book's striking narration--told from the point of view of David's brother--will help siblings and friends of autistic children better relate to them. This is a must for any home with children with autism and for classrooms that include mainstreamed special-needs kids.

David's World

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New York

A Father's Quest to Heal His Son

After his son Rowan is diagnosed with autism, Isaacson, a lifelong horseman, takes Rowan to Mongolia, the one place in the world where horses and shamanic healing intersect. This is the dramatic and heartwarming story of that impossible adventure.

The Horse Boy

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Texas

For Adults with Asd and Their NT Loved Ones

This is the second book in the popular 'Comic Book' series from The Girl with the Curly Hair. The 2nd Comic Book contains more fun, enlightening, insightful scenarios that may occur between people with Asperger's Syndrome and their neurotypical family and friends. This is an engaging picture book, showing how two different people may view the same situation. The Girl with the Curly Hair writes for anyone who wants to understand a different mind.

The 2nd Comic Book

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Includes an excerpt from Christmas kisses with my cowboy.

Hopeless Romantic

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Has an old school program stamp on the inside cover #paperback #fiction #autism #change #fish #juvenile #kids #young 

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.

Rules

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#paperback #fiction #mystery #youngadult #autism #literature #bestseller #drama 

Colorado

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.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

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#paperback #education #teaching #autism #aspergers #behavior

New Mexico

Philosophy

A Guide for Teachers and Parents

How do teachers and parents of children with autism address a child's social skills? And what do they do about problem behaviors? This book provides possible explanations for these behaviours, and a wealth of practical help for both teachers and parents to address them. Teachers learn how to create environmental supports and how to incorporate specific teaching strategies. Students with autism learn the new skills they might need, and ways of making their behavior more acceptable. This book is full of practical tips on how to tackle different kinds of challenging behaviors both in the classroom and outside it.

Addressing the Challenging Behavior of Children with High-Functioning Autism/Asperger Syndrome in the Classroom

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#hardcover #fiction #juvenilefiction #autism #hardcover #MiddleGrade 

Willow Chance is a twelve-year-old genius, obsessed with nature and diagnosing medical conditions, who finds it comforting to count by 7s. It has never been easy for her to connect with anyone other than her adoptive parents, but that hasn’t kept her from leading a quietly happy life...until now.


Suddenly Willow’s world is tragically changed when her parents both die in a car crash, leaving her alone in a baffling world. The triumph of this book is that it is not a tragedy. This extraordinarily odd, but extraordinarily endearing, girl manages to push through her grief. Her journey to find a fascinatingly diverse and fully believable surrogate family is a joy and a revelation to read.


Arkansas

Ex-library

Twelve-year-old genius and outsider Willow Chance must figure out how to connect with other people and find a surrogate family for herself after her parents are killed in a car accident.

Counting By 7s

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Understanding Autism

Dawn Prince-Hughes

My Journey Through Autism

"This is a book about autism. Specifically, it is about my autism, which is both like and unlike other people's autism. But just as much, it is a story about how I emerged from the darkness of it into the beauty of it." So writes Dr. Dawn Prince-Hughes in the introduction to Songs of the Gorilla Nation. In this elegant and thought-provoking memoir, Dawn traces her personal growth from before she was diagnosed with autism, to the moment that she enters the Seattle Zoo and becomes immediately fascinated with the gorillas. For her, gorillas were more subtle and less threatening than humans, since she could observe them quietly and continuously, separated from them by the cage bars. With each passing day, Dawn felt compelled to re-enter the zoo and get closer and closer to the gorillas. In one particularly touching moment. Dawn recalls the precise and magical instant when a gorilla first physically touches her, and she is able to emerge from her solitude and connect to a living being in a way she had never before experienced. Dawn sees her life divided principally into three parts: a life without song, learning the songs of the gorilla nation, and finally, how she can't keep herself from singing. In the first phase, she struggles with childhood and adolescence, constantly wondering why she is different from her peers, and being confined to periods of extreme isolation. In the second part, she finally learns to become a social being through her relationship with gorillas, and eventually expands upon this to finish her education and devel- op lasting love relationships in her life. Finally, in the last phase, Dawn confronts loss with the death of her best friend, a gorilla named Congo, who helped her make the leap from a life lived in isolation to one filled with love. This loss inspires her to start a family for herself. Dawn's evocative story will no doubt have a lasting impact on all readers, forcing us, like the author herself, to re-discover and assess our own understanding of human emotion.

Songs of the Gorilla Nation

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#hardcover #autism #bestsellingauthor resources listed

Alabama

A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds

Stories of hope and recovery from a nation of parents of autistic children, by the high-profile, bestselling author of Louder Than Words, When Jenny McCarthy published Louder Than Words, the story of her successful efforts to save her son, Evan, from autism, the response was tremendous. It hit #3 on the New York Times bestseller list; and Jenny and Evan were featured on the covers of several magazines, including People, But what she hadnat anticipated was the overwhelming response from other parents of autistic children, who sought her out to share their stories. No two autistic children heal in exactly the same way. And in her new book, Jenny expands her message to share recovery stories from parents across the country. Mother Warriors, shows how each parent fought to find her own childas perfect aremedy of interventionsa and teaches parents how to navigate safely through the many autism therapies. Along the way, Jenny shares her own journey as an autism advocate and mother as well as the progress of her son, Evan. Emotional and genuinely practical, Mother Warriors will inspire a generation of parents with hope.

Mother Warriors

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Sally J. Pla

The Fire, the Water, and Maudie Mcginn

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Fans of One of Us Is Lying and The Hazel Wood are cordially invited to spend one fateful night surviving an elite private school's epic masquerade ball in Jen Wilde's debut thriller, This Is the Way the World Ends.

As an autistic scholarship student at the prestigious Webber Academy in New York City, Waverly is used to masking to fit in--in more ways than one. While her classmates are the children of the one percent, Waverly is getting by on tutoring gigs and the generosity of the school's charming and enigmatic dean. So when her tutoring student and resident "it girl" asks Waverly to attend the school's annual fundraising Masquerade disguised as her, Waverly jumps at the chance--especially once she finds out that Ash, the dean's daughter and her secret ex-girlfriend, will be there.

The Masquerade is everything Waverly dreamed of, complete with extravagant gowns, wealthy parents writing checks, and flowing champagne. Most importantly, there's Ash. All Waverly wants to do is shed her mask and be with her, but the evening takes a sinister turn when Waverly stumbles into a secret meeting between the dean and the school's top donors--and witnesses a brutal murder. This gala is harboring far more malevolent plots than just opening parents' pocketbooks. Before she can escape or contact the authorities, a mysterious global blackout puts the entire party on lockdown. Waverly's fairy tale has turned into a nightmare, and she, Ash, and her friends must navigate through a dizzying maze of freight elevators, secret passageways, and back rooms if they're going to survive the night.

And even if they manage to escape the Masquerade, with technology wiped out all over the planet, what kind of world will they find waiting for them beyond the doors?

This Is the Way the World Ends

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A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism

The celebrity author of the best-selling Belly Laughs and Baby Laughs presents a frank account of her experiences as a mother of an autistic son, describing her efforts to manage the condition's symptoms while sorting through conflicting medical theories.

Louder Than Words

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♻️The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon

Has someone's pencil annotations throughout book

#paperback #nonfiction #autism #autobiography #educational #psychology #aspergers

My Adventures with Asperger's and My Advice for Fellow Aspergians, Misfits, Families, and Teachers

In his bestselling memoir, "Look Me in the Eye," Robison described growing up with Asperger's syndrome at a time when the diagnosis didn't exist. Here, he shares a new batch of endearing stories about his childhood, adolescence, and young adult years, giving the reader a rare window into the Aspergian mind.

Be Different

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Matthew Dicks

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I am not imaginary...

Budo is lucky as imaginary friends go. He's been alive for more than five years, which is positively ancient in the world of imaginary friends. But Budo feels his age and thinks constantly of the day when eight-year-old Max Delaney will stop believing in him. When that happens, Budo will disappear.

Max is different from other children. Some people say he has Asperger's, but most just say he's "on the spectrum." None of this matters to Budo, who loves Max unconditionally and is charged with protecting him from the class bully, from awkward situations in the cafeteria, and even in the bathroom stalls. But he can't protect Max from Mrs. Patterson, a teacher in the Learning Center who believes that she alone is qualified to care for this young boy.

When Mrs. Patterson does the unthinkable, it is up to Budo and a team of imaginary friends to save Max--and Budo must ultimately decide which is more important: Max's happiness or his own existence.

Matthew Dicks' Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend is a triumph of courage and imagination that touches on the truths of life, love, and friendship as it races to a heartwarming . . . and heartbreaking conclusion.

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