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1001 Great Ideas for Teaching And Raising Children With Autism Spectrum Disordersby Veronica ZyskISBN 1932565191 (1-932565-19-1)
Softcover, Ingram Pub Services
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Al Capone Does My Shirtsby Gennifer CholdenkoISBN 0142403709 (0-14-240370-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Al Capone Does My Shirts'Book summary:[via]Moose Flannagan moves with his family to Alcatraz so his dad can work as a prison guard and his sister, Natalie, can attend a special school. But Natalie has autism, and when she's denied admittance to the school, the stark setting of Alcatraz begins to unravel the tenuous coping mechanisms Moose's family has used for dealing with her disorder.
When Moose meets Piper, the cute daughter of the Warden, he knows right off she's trouble. But she's also strangely irresistible. All Moose wants to do is protect Natalie, live up to his parents' expectations, and stay out of trouble. But on Alcatraz, trouble is never very far away.
Set in 1935, when guards actually lived on Alcatraz Island with their families. Choldenko's second novel brings humor to the complexities of family dynamics and illuminates the real struggle of a kid trying to free himself from the "good boy" stance he's taken his whole life.
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Animals In Translation: Using The Mysteries Of Autism To Decode Animal Behaviorby Catherine Johnson, Temple GrandinISBN 0156031442 (0-15-603144-2)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animals In Translation: Using The Mysteries Of Autism To Decode Animal Behavior'Book summary:I don't know if people will ever be able to talk to animals the way Doctor Doolittle could, or whether animals will be able to talk back. Maybe science will have something to say about that. But I do know people can learn to "talk" to animals, and to hear what animals have to say, better than they do now. --From Animals in Translation
Why would a cow lick a tractor? Why are collies getting dumber? Why do dolphins sometimes kill for fun? How can a parrot learn to spell? How did wolves teach man to evolve? Temple Grandin draws upon a long, distinguished career as an animal scientist and her own experiences with autism to deliver an extraordinary message about how animals act, think, and feel. She has a perspective like that of no other expert in the field, which allows her to offer unparalleled observations and groundbreaking ideas.
People with autism can often think the way animals think, putting them in the perfect position to translate "animal talk." Grandin is a faithful guide into their world, exploring animal pain, fear, aggression, love, friendship, communication, learning, and, yes, even animal genius. The sweep of Animals in Translation is immense and will forever change the way we think about animals.
*includes a Behavior and Training Troubleshooting GuideAmong its provocative ideas, the book:- argues that language is not a requirement for consciousness--and that animals do have consciousness
- applies the autism theory of "hyper-specificity" to animals, showing that animals and autistic people are so sensitive to detail that they "can't see the forest for the trees"--a talent as well as a "deficit"
- explores the "interpreter" in the normal human brain that filters out detail, leaving people blind to much of the reality that surrounds them--a reality animals and autistic people see, sometimes all too clearly
- explains how animals have "superhuman" skills: animals have animal genius
- compares animals to autistic savants, declaring that animals may in fact be autistic savants, with special forms of genius that normal people do not possess and sometimes cannot even see
- examines how humans and animals use their emotions to think, to decide, and even to predict the future
- reveals the remarkable abilities of handicapped people and animals
- maintains that the single worst thing you can do to an animal is to make it feel afraid
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An Anthropologist on MarsISBN 0679767177 (0-679-76717-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Talesby Oliver W. SacksISBN 0679756973 (0-679-75697-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales'Book summary:Detailed and fascinating portraits of seven neurological patients, including a surgeon consumed by the compulsive tics of Tourette's syndrome unless he is operating; an artist who loses all sense of color in a car accident, but finds a new sensibility and creative power in black and white; and an autistic professor who cannot decipher the simplest social exchange between humans, but has built a career out of her intuitive understanding of animal behavior.
"Among doctors who write with acuity and grace, Sacks ( The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat) takes a higher place with each successive book.... enlarges our view of the nature of human experience." --Publisher's Weekly
"... Dr. Sacks's best book to date." --The New York Time Book Review [via]
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- An Anthropologist on Mars : Seven Paradoxical Tales: ISBN 0517174332 (0-517-17433-2)
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Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students With Autismby Dawn Prince-HughesISBN 0804010544 (0-8040-1054-4)
Softcover, Ohio Univ Pr
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Aspargus Dreamsby Jessica PeersISBN 1843101645 (1-84310-164-5)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub
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Asperger Syndrome in the Family Redefining Normal: Redefining Normalby Liane Holliday WilleyISBN 1853028738 (1-85302-873-8)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub
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Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionalsby Tony AttwoodISBN 1853025771 (1-85302-577-1)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Asperger's Syndrome: A Guide for Parents and Professionals'Book summary:Tony Attwood's guide will assist parents and professionals with the identification, treatment and care of both children and adults with Asperger's Syndrome. The book provides a description and analysis of the unusual characteristics of the syndrome and practical strategies to reduce those that are most conspicuous or debilitating. Beginning with a chapter on diagnosis, including an assessment test, the book covers all aspects of the syndrome from language to social behaviour and motor clumsiness, concluding with a chapter based on the questions most frequently asked by those who come into contact with individuals with this syndrome. Covering the available literature in full, this guide brings together the most relevant and useful information on Asperger's Syndrome, incorporating case studies from the author's own practical experience as a Clinical Psychologist, with examples of, and numerous quotations from people with Asperger's Syndrome. [via]
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Autism and Asperger Syndromeby Uta FrithISBN 052138608X (0-521-38608-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Autism and Asperger Syndrome'Book summary:The story of autism contains many puzzles, but none more tantalizing than the problem of the eccentric individual who appears to be both intellectually gifted and mentally handicapped and who finds it difficult to deal with everyday social interaction and communication. Such individuals are increasingly recognized as suffering from Asperger Syndrome. The argument presented in this book is that they suffer from a form of autism, but that they can compensate for this handicap to a remarkable degree. In this volume the foremost experts in the field discuss the diagnostic criteria of the syndrome, richly illustrated with examples from their clinical practices. Clinical accounts are balanced with personal accounts and some as yet preliminary research data. Asperger's classic paper is translated and annotated. The insights of this pioneer of autism have been unjustly neglected but reflect a very modern awareness of the many forms of autism and the wide range of individual differences in the men and women who suffer from this disorder. Asperger Syndrome individuals with their intellectual and linguistic ability and their desire for social adaptation are extremely vulnerable. [via]
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Autism And the God Connection: Redefining the Autistic Experience Through Extraordinary Accounts of Spiritual Giftednessby Willia StillmanISBN 1402206496 (1-4022-0649-6)
Softcover, Sourcebooks Inc
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Autism And The Myth Of The Person Aloneby Douglas Biklen, Lucy Blackman, Tito Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay, Larry Bissonnette, Jamie Burke, Sue Rubin, Richard AttfieldISBN 0814799280 (0-8147-9928-0)
Softcover, New York Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Autism And The Myth Of The Person Alone'Book summary:Autism has been defined by experts as a developmental disorder affecting social and communication skills as well as verbal and nonverbal communication. It is said to occur in as many as 2 to 6 in 1,000 individuals. This book challenges the prevailing, tragic narrative of impairment that so often characterizes discussions about autism.
Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone seriously engages the perspectives of people with autism, including those who have been considered as the most severely disabled within the autism spectrum. The heart of the book consists of chapters by people with autism themselves, either in an interview format with the author or written by themselves. Each author communicates either by typing or by a combination of speech and typing. These chapters are framed by a substantive introduction and conclusion that contextualize the book, the methodology, and the analysis, and situate it within a critical disability studies framework. The volume allows a look into the rich and insightful perspectives of people who have heretofore been thought of as uninterested in the world.
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Autism: Explaining the Enigmaby Uta FrithISBN 0631229019 (0-631-22901-9)
Softcover, Blackwell Publishing Limited
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- Autism: Explaining the Enigma: ISBN 0631168249 (0-631-16824-9)
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Hardcover, Basil Blackwell - Autism: Explaining the Enigma: ISBN 0631229000 (0-631-22900-0)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub - Autism : Explaining the Enigma: ISBN 0631229019 (0-631-22901-9)
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- Autism: Explaining the Enigma: ISBN 0631168249 (0-631-16824-9)
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Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Guideby Chantal Sicile-KiraISBN 0091891604 (0-09-189160-4)
Softcover, Vermilion
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Guide'Book summary:The National Autistic Society estimates that Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) now affects 500,000 families in the UK alone, while one in 86 children have an ASD-related special educational need. Autism Spectrum Disorders is an essential one-stop reference guide introducing the reader to an understanding of this complex disorder, touching on all aspects related to ASD (including Asperger's Syndrome), with a detailed resource section for those wanting more in-depth information on specific areas. The book is invaluable not only for parents and professionals who work with children but also for potential employees and anyone who works in the public sphere. With chapters on the causes of ASD, diagnosis, treatment and diet, this is a uniquely accessible guide providing practical information in a clear and concise manner. 'Given autism's high-profile media, Chantal Sicile-Kira's book could not be more timely. This will be one of those smart, authoritative, user-friendly guides which will be the essential volume that both parents, health professionals and a wide general readership will reach for in order to fathom this confounding condition' Douglas Kennedy. [via]
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Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Complete Guide to Understanding Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Pervasive Developmental Disorder, and Other ASDsby Chantal Sicile-KiraISBN 0399530479 (0-399-53047-9)
Softcover, Perigee
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Autism-An Inside-Out Approach: An Innovative Look at the Mechanics of 'Autism' and Its Developmental 'Cousins'by Donna WilliamsISBN 1853023876 (1-85302-387-6)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub
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Behavioral Intervention for Young Children With Autism: A Manual for Parents and Professionalsby Catherine Maurice, Gina Green, Stephen C. LuceISBN 0890796831 (0-89079-683-1)
Softcover, Pro Ed
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Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences With Autism and Asperger Syndromeby Stephen M. Shore, Temple GrandinISBN 1931282196 (1-931282-19-6)
Softcover, Autism Asperger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences With Autism and Asperger Syndrome'Book summary:This honest courageous book, written by a person with high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome offers so much more than the traditional autobiography. Drawing on personal and professional experiences, Stephen Shore, who is currently completing his doctoral degree in special education at Boston University, combines three voices to create a touching and, at the same time, a highly informative book. The autobiographical voice tells Stephen's life, including his parent's frustrations with the educational and medical communities, his adolescence and now married adult life. The "time shifter" fills in the background information about his life that is otherwise out of chronological order of the events being related; finally the researcher's voice puts Stephen's personal life within the context of the research literature on autism and Asperger Syndrome. By using this triple lens, the book offers insights for parents, professionals as well as individuals who have Asperger Syndrome. [via]
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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant A Memoirby Daniel TammetISBN 1416535071 (1-4165-3507-1)
Hardcover, Free Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant A Memoir'Book summary:Born on a Blue Day is a journey into one of the most fascinating minds alive todayguided by the owner himself. Daniel Tammet is virtually unique among people who have severe autistic disorders in that he is capable of living a fully independent life and able to explain what is happening inside his head.
He sees numbers as shapes, colors, and textures, and he can perform extraordinary calculations in his head. He can learn to speak new languages fluently, from scratch, in a week. In 2004, he memorized and recited more than 22,000 digits of pi, setting a record. He has savant syndrome, an extremely rare condition that gives him the most unimaginable mental powers, much like those portrayed by Dustin Hoffman in the film Rain Man.
Fascinating and inspiring, Born on a Blue Day explores what its like to be special and gives us an insight into what makes us all humanour minds. [via]
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The Boy Who Loved Windows: Opening the Heart and Mind of a Child Threatened with Autismby Patricia StaceyISBN 073820966X (0-7382-0966-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Boy Who Loved Windows: Opening the Heart and Mind of a Child Threatened with Autism'Book summary:Any parent who has suspected something was off with their baby will empathize with the first chapters of The Boy Who Loved Windows, which recounts the familiar tale of medical practitioners refusing to run tests or offer diagnoses. You'll empathize even more when it turns out that mom (and author) Patricia Stacey was right: young Walker is autistic. It's partially the empathy that makes this such a compelling read. Some chapters are devoted to Walker's life at home; others mix his development with medical details. The facts are wrenching: an estimated 1 in 500 people has some level of autism, causes are unclear, and the expectation for a cure is microscopic. But midway through the book, the family meets up with Dr. Stanley Greenspan (The Child With Special Needs), who introduces new techniques that spread rapidly to Walker's assorted therapists. Progress begins, if at a glacial pace. Stacey lets readers into her emotional process over the years she details; her anger, frustration, and concern over the rest of her family and her wild joy at some seemingly minor events provide a roller coaster in contrast to the more methodical research explanation. As a complement to more direct parenting books on autism or simply as a fascinating look at the early development of an atypical child, this book makes good on the promise of its intriguing title. --Jill Lightner [via]
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By the Light of the Moonby Dean R. KoontzISBN 0553582763 (0-553-58276-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'By the Light of the Moon'Book summary:Dean Koontz has surpassed his longtime reputation as Americas most popular suspense novelist (Rolling Stone) to become one of the most celebrated and successful writers of our time. Reviewers hail his boundless originality, his art, his unparalleled ability to create highly textured, riveting drama, at once viscerally familiar and utterly unique.
Author of one #1 The New York Times bestseller after another, Koontz is at the pinnacle of his powers, spinning mysteries and miracles, enthralling tales that speak directly to todays readers, balm for the heart and fire for the mind. In this stunning new novel, he delivers a tour de force of dark suspense and brilliant revelation that has all the Koontz trademarks: adventure, chills, riddles, humor, heartbreak, an unforgettable cast of characters, and a climax that will leave you clamoring for more.
Dylan OConnor is a gifted young artist just trying to do the right thing in life. Hes on his way to an arts festival in Santa Fe when he stops to get a room for himself and his twenty-year-old autistic brother, Shep. But in a nightmarish instant, Dylan is attacked by a mysterious doctor, injected with a strange substance, and told that he is now a carrier of something that will either kill him...or transform his life in the most remarkable way. Then he is told that he must fleebefore the doctors enemies hunt him down for the secret circulating through his body. No one can help him, the doctor says, not even the police.
Stunned, disbelieving, Dylan is turned loose to run for his life...and straight into an adventure that will turn the next twenty-four hours into an odyssey of terror, mysteryand wondrous discovery. It is a journey that begins when Dylan and Sheps path intersects with that of Jillian Jackson. Before that evening Jilly was a beautiful comedian whose biggest worry was whether she would ever find a decent man. Now she too is a carrier. And even as Dylan tries to convince her that theyll be safer sticking together, cold-eyed men in a threatening pack of black Suburbans approach, only seconds before Jillys classic Coupe DeVille explodes into thin air.
Now the three are on the run together, but with no idea whom theyre running fromor why. Meanwhile Shep has begun exhibiting increasingly disturbing behavior. And whatever it is thats coursing through their bodies seems to have plunged them into one waking nightmare after another. Seized by sinister premonitions, they find themselves inexplicably drawn to crime scenesjust minutes before the crimes take place.
What this unfathomable power is, how they can use it to stop the evil erupting all around them, and why they have been chosen are only parts of a puzzle that reaches back into the tragic past and the dark secrets they all share: secrets of madness, pain, and untimely death. Perhaps the answer lies in the eerie, enigmatic messages that Shep, with precious time running out, begins to repeat, about an entity who does his work by the light of the moon.
By the Light of the Moon is a novel of heart-stopping suspense and transcendent beauty, of how evil can destroy us and love can redeem usa masterwork of the imagination in which the surprises come page after page and the spell of sublime storytelling triumphs throughout. [via]More editions of By the Light of the Moon:
Children With Autism: A Parents' Guideby Michael D. Powers, Temple GrandinISBN 1890627046 (1-890627-04-6)
Softcover, Woodbine House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Children With Autism: A Parents' Guide'Book summary:From the new parent coping with a child's recent diagnosis to one who's an experienced advocate, "Children With Autism" is a must-have reference. It is a trusted, respected source of information on autism and the other conditions within the spectrum of pervasive developmental disorder (PDD).
Now completely revised and updated, "Children with Autism" covers a multitude of special concerns, including daily and family life, early intervention, educational programs, legal rights, advocacy, and a look at the years ahead with a chapter on adults with autism. Parents can turn to this new edition for the latest information on current diagnostic criteria, Applied Behavior Analysis, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), autism advocacy via the internet, and much more.
Another important feature of the book is the group of parent statements found at the end of each chapter. Here the reader gains the perspective and support from many other parents who share their own family's experiences. Other helpful features include a glossary, reading and resource lists, and a delightful collection of photographs of children with autism scattered throughout the book. [via]
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Children With Autism: Diagnosis and Interventions to Meet Their Needsby Colwyn Trevarthen, Despina Papoudi, Kenneth Aitken, Jacqueline RobartsISBN 1853025550 (1-85302-555-0)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Children With Autism: Diagnosis and Interventions to Meet Their Needs'Book summary:Approaching the condition of autism from many perspectives, the authors make a comprehensive study of the disorder, balancing theory with practice, and presenting a clear picture of what it means to be autistic, and what can be done to improve the capabilities of the autistic child. They consider the historical descriptions, explanations and recognition of the condition; the symptoms and causes and examine methods of communicating with autistic children and helping them to communicate as fully as possible. [via]
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Timeby Mark HaddonISBN 1400032717 (1-4000-3271-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'Book summary:Mark Haddon's bitterly funny first novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, is a murder mystery of sorts--one told by an autistic version of Adrian Mole. Christopher John Francis Boone is a 15-year-old boy, mathematically gifted and socially hopeless, raised in a working-class home by parents who can barely cope with their child's quirks. He takes everything that he sees (or is told) at face value, and is unable to sort out the strange behaviour of his elders and peers.
Late one night, Christopher comes across his neighbour's poodle, Wellington, impaled on a garden fork. Wellington's owner finds him cradling her dead dog in his arms, and has him arrested. After spending a night in jail, Christopher resolves--against the objection of his father and neighbours--to discover just who has murdered Wellington. He is encouraged by Siobhan, a social worker at his school, to write a book about his investigations, and the result--quirkily illustrated, with each chapter given its own prime number--is The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.
Haddon's novel is a startling performance. This is the sort of book that could turn condescending, or exploitative, or overly sentimental, or grossly tasteless very easily, but Haddon navigates those dangers with a sureness of touch that is extremely rare among first-time novelists. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time is original, clever, and genuinely moving: this one is a must-read. --Jack Illingworth [via]
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Daniel Isn't Talkingby Marti LeimbachISBN 0307275728 (0-307-27572-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Elijah's Cup: A Family's Journey Into The Community And Culture Of High-Functioning Autism And Asperger's Syndromeby Valerie ParadizISBN 184310802X (1-84310-802-X)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub
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Elijah's Cup : Autism and Aspergers Syndromeby Valerie ParadizISBN 074320445X (0-7432-0445-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Emergence: Labeled Autisticby Temple Grandin, Margaret M. ScarianoISBN 0446671827 (0-446-67182-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emergence: Labeled Autistic'Book summary:A true story that is both uniquely moving and exceptionally inspiring, Emergence is the first-hand account of a courageous autistic woman who beat the odds and cured herself. As a child, Temple Grandin was forced to leave her "normal" school and enroll in a school for autistic children. This searingly honest account captures the isolation and fears suffered by autistics and their families and the quiet strength of one woman who insisted on a miracle. [via]
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Engaging Autism: Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Thinkby Stanley I. Greenspan, Serena WiederISBN 0738210285 (0-7382-1028-5)
Hardcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Engaging Autism: Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Think'Book summary:The inspiring success of Dr. Stanley Greenspan's unique approach to autism and ASD (autistic spectrum disorders) is known to grateful parents and to professionals throughout the world. Now at last his highly effective and influential program is presented in one clear and accessible volume. A number of innovative, exciting features distinguish Greenspan's approach to autism:First, his program has demonstrated that children with signs of autism or autistic spectrum disorders do not have a fixed, limited potential, but in many cases can join their peers and lead full, healthy lives, emotionally and intellectually. Secondly, his approach can be applied at a very early stage, when signs of autism first appear. Thus, the hope of preventing the full onset of autism becomes a real possibility. Third, the approach empowers the entire family to promote their child's development throughout each day. Also, the DIR Floortime approach guides the efforts of speech pathologists, occupational therapists, and educators to work with the family and builds on the latest research on the development of the mind and brain. As cases of autism continue to rise worldwide, Dr. Greenspan's extremely successful Floortime approach is producing very promising results that could one day stem the tide against this dread disorder. No one involved in the care of children with autism, parent or professional, can afford to be without this landmark work.[via]More editions of Engaging Autism: Using the Floortime Approach to Help Children Relate, Communicate, and Think:
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The Essential Difference: Male and Female Brains and the Truth About Autismby Simon Baron-CohenISBN 046500556X (0-465-00556-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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The Essential Difference: The Truth About the Male and Female Brainby Simon Baron-CohenISBN 0738208442 (0-7382-0844-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Difference: The Truth About the Male and Female Brain'Book summary:We all appreciate that there are differences in the typical psychology of men and women. Yet underlying these subtle differences, Simon Baron-Cohen believes, there is one essential difference, and it affects everything we do: Men have a tendency to analyze and construct systems while women are inclined to empathize. With fresh evidence for these claims, Baron-Cohen explores how these sex differences arise more from biological than cultural causes and shows us how each brain type contributes in various ways to what we think of as "intelligence." Emphasizing that not all men have the typically "male" brain, which he calls Type "S," and not all women have the typically female brain (Type "E"), Baron-Cohen explores the cutting-edge research that illuminates our individual differences and explains why a truly "balanced" brain is so rare. Filled with surprising and illuminating case studies, many from Baron-Cohen's own clinical practice, The Essential Difference moves beyond the stereotypes to elucidate over twenty years of groundbreaking research. From gossip to aggression, Baron-Cohen dissects each brain type and even presents a new theory that autism (as well as its close relative, Asperger's syndrome) can be understood as an extreme form of the male brain. Smart and engaging, this is the thinking person's guide to gender difference, a book that promises to change the conversation about-and between-men and women.[via]More editions of The Essential Difference: The Truth About the Male and Female Brain:
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Exiting Nirvana: A Daughter's Life With Autismby Clara Claiborne ParkISBN 0316691240 (0-316-69124-0)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Exposure Anxiety - The Invisible Cage: An Exploration of Self-Protection Responses in the Autism Spectrum and Beyondby Donna WilliamsISBN 1843100517 (1-84310-051-7)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Exposure Anxiety - The Invisible Cage: An Exploration of Self-Protection Responses in the Autism Spectrum and Beyond'Book summary:Exposure anxiety is increasingly understood as a crippling condition affecting a high proportion of people on the autism spectrum. To many it is an invisible cage, leaving the person suffering from it aware, but buried alive in their own involuntary responses and isolation. Exposure Anxiety: The Invisible Cage describes the condition and its underlying physiological causes, and presents a range of approaches and strategies that can be used to combat it. Based on personal experience, the book shows how people with autism can be shown how to emerge from the stranglehold of exposure anxiety and develop their individuality. It progressively shapes the individual torn between experiencing it as the sanctuary and the prison. Exposure Anxiety makes it hard to stand noticing you are noticing. It can make love a form of torture, repel you from the sound of your own voice, make you meaning deaf to your own words and those of others and compel you to avoid, divert from or retaliate against the very things that which most have the power to reach you. Exposure Anxiety progressively co-opts the identity of the person as separate to the condition or it leaves them aware but buried alive in their own involuntary responses and isolation. Exposure Anxiety is the involuntary social-emotional self-protection response that needs no enemy. It turns the world upside-down, makes no yes and yes no and co-opts and defies conventional, non-autistic teaching techniques. Exposure Anxiety has many faces. By defeating it at its own game, Donna demonstrates how the person can progressively be inspired to fight for themselves and attempt to emerge, from the undercurrent, as the tide. [via]
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Eye Contact: Library Editionby Cammie McGovernISBN 0143038907 (0-14-303890-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Facing Autism: Giving Parents Reasons for Hope and Guidance for Helpby Lynn M. HamiltonISBN 1578562627 (1-57856-262-7)
Softcover, Waterbrook Pr
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Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescenceby Luke Jackson, Tony AttwoodISBN 1843100983 (1-84310-098-3)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence'Book summary:Have you ever been called a freak or a geek? Have you ever felt like one? Luke Jackson is 13 years old and has Asperger Syndrome. Over the years Luke has learned to laugh at such names but there are other aspects of life which are more difficult. Adolescence and the teenage years are a minefield of emotions, transitions and decisions and when a child has Asperger Syndrome, the result is often explosive.
Luke has three sisters and one brother in various stages of their adolescent and teenage years but he is acutely aware of just how different he is and how little information is available for adolescents like himself.
Drawing from his own experiences and gaining information from his teenage brother and sisters, he wrote this enlightening, honest and witty book in an attempt to address difficult topics such as bullying, friendships, when and how to tell others about AS, school problems, dating, relationships and morality.
Luke writes briefly about his younger autistic and AD/HD brothers, providing amusing insights into the antics of his younger years and advice for parents, carers and teachers of younger AS children. However, his main reason for writing was because "so many books are written about us, but none are written directly to adolescents with Asperger Syndrome. I thought I would write one in the hope that we could all learn together." [via]More editions of Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence:
I Don't Want to Be Inside Me Anymore: Messages from Autistic Mindby Birger SellinISBN 0465088880 (0-465-08888-0)
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Let Me Hear Your Voiceby Catherine MauriceISBN 0679408630 (0-679-40863-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Let Me Hear Your Voice'Book summary:She was a beautiful doelike child, with an intense, graceful fragility. In her first year, she picked up words, smiled and laughed, and learned to walk. But then Anne-Marie began to turn inward. And when her little girl lost some of the words she had acquired, cried inconsolably, and showed no interest in anyone around her, Catherine Maurice took her to doctors who gave her a devastating diagnosis: autism.
In their desperate struggle to save their daughter, the Maurices plunged into a medical nightmare of false hopes, "miracle cures," and infuriating suggestions that Anne-Marie's autism was somehow their fault. Finally, Anne-Marie was saved by an intensive behavioral therapy.
Let Me Hear Your Voice is a mother's illuminating account of how one family triumphed over autism. It is an absolutely unforgettable book, as beautifully written as it is informative.
"A vivid and uplifting story . . . Offers new strength to parents who refuse to give up on their autistic children." -- Kirkus Reviews
"Outstanding . . . Heartfelt . . . A lifeline to families in similar circumstances." -- Library Journal
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Let Me Hear Your Voice: A Family's Triumph over Autismby Catherine MauriceISBN 0449906647 (0-449-90664-7)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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Life Behind Glass: A Personal Account of Autism Spectrum Disorderby Wendy LawsonISBN 1853029114 (1-85302-911-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life Behind Glass: A Personal Account of Autism Spectrum Disorder'Book summary:Wendy Lawson has an autism spectrum disorder. Considered to be intellectually disabled and "almost incapable of doing as she is told" at school, she was later misdiagnosed as schizophrenic - a label that stuck with her for more than 25 years. Her sense of self was then non-existent, but Wendy is now a mother of four with two university degrees; she is a social worker and adult educator, and operates her own business. She is also a poet and writer, sharing her understanding of autism with others to help "build a bridge ...from my world to theirs". This book is part of that bridge. [via]
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Like Colour to the Blind: Soul Searching and Soul Findingby Donna WilliamsISBN 1853027200 (1-85302-720-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Like Colour to the Blind: Soul Searching and Soul Finding'Book summary:The bestselling author of Nobody Nowhere and Somebody Somewhere offers an intimate diary of the universal joys and stresses of falling in lo ve as she continues her struggle with autism. "Donna Williams isn't just teaching us what it is like to be austistic. She is teaching us what it is like to be human."--Deborah Tannen, New York Times Book Review. [via]
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hatby Oliver SacksISBN 1555042651 (1-55504-265-1)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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Mindblindness: An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mindby Simon Baron-CohenISBN 026252225X (0-262-52225-X)
Softcover, Mit Pr
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Nobody Nowhereby Donna WilliamsISBN 0380722178 (0-380-72217-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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She inhabits a place of chaos, cacophony, and dancing light--where physical contact is painful and sights and sounds have no meaning. Although labeled, at times, deaf, retarded, or disturbed, Donna Williams is autistic--afflicted by a baffling condition of heightened sensory perception that imprisons the sufferer in a private, almost hallucinatory universe of patterns and colors. Nobody Nowhere is Donna's story in her own words--a haunting, courageous memoir of the titanic struggles she has endured in her quest to merge "my world" with "the world." [via]
Nobody Nowhere : The Extraordinary Autobiography of an Autisticby Donna WilliamsISBN 0812920422 (0-8129-2042-2)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey Into The Lost History Of Autismby Paul CollinsISBN 1582344787 (1-58234-478-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey Into The Lost History Of Autism'Book summary:In Not Even Wrong, Paul Collins melds a memoir of his son's autism with a journey into this realm of permanent outsiders. Examining forgotten geniuses and obscure medical archives, and beginning to see why he himself has spent a lifetime researching talented eccentrics, Collins shows how these stories are relevant and even necessary to shed light on autism.[via]More editions of Not Even Wrong: A Father's Journey Into The Lost History Of Autism:
Not Even Wrong: Adventures in Autismby Paul CollinsISBN 1582343675 (1-58234-367-5)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Publishing
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Out of Silence: A Journey into Languageby Russell MartinISBN 0805019987 (0-8050-1998-7)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Out of Silence: A Journey into Language'Book summary:In a work of extraordinary luminosity, Russell Martin takes on the science of language, probing this most profound and complex of human traits in a spellbinding narrative about his once-outgoing nephew, Ian Drummond, trapped at a young age within a mute cage of wordlessness. [via]
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Pretending to Be Normal: Living With Asperger's Syndromeby Liane Holliday WilleyISBN 1853027499 (1-85302-749-9)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub
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The Ride Together: A Brother and Sister's Memoir of Autism in the Familyby Paul Karasik, Judy KarasikISBN 0743423372 (0-7434-2337-2)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ride Together: A Brother and Sister's Memoir of Autism in the Family'Book summary:Meet the Karasiks, a typical middle-class 1960s family: one mother, one father, one daughter, and three sons, one of whom, David, has autism.
The Ride Together is an extraordinary family memoir told in alternating chapters of comics and text. With a narrative that stretches over nearly fifty years, Paul and Judy Karasik -- he writes with pictures, she with words -- unite to relate the story of their family, their brother David, and the history of their relationship with him. In doing so, each comes to understand the responsibility David represents and the meaning his life gives theirs.
In the pages of The Ride Together, David grows from child to man, remaining dependent on others, even as he witnesses his siblings leaving home -- and him -- for careers and lives of their own. He speaks in a code of his own; he performs his own versions of The Adventures of Superman and Face the Nation; he writes page after page of television synopses.
What he understands of life and death no one can truly tell, yet David walks through his days with dignity and, as it turns out, endurance.
At first glance the adventure of this book is its brilliant experiment of form -- the story of a brother with autism told in a style that is as unusual as the subject matter. But The Ride Together goes deeper than that: It takes a family that may appear strange to some -- like many families with disabilities -- and reveals a group of people whose acceptance of what life has dealt them helps them persevere through good times and bad.
Praised by writers for its craft and by families for its authenticity, The Ride Together provides a remarkable portrait of a family with a difference. [via]
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Rulesby Cynthia LordISBN 0439443822 (0-439-44382-2)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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The Seige: A Family's Journey into the World of an Autistic Childby Clara ParkISBN 0316690694 (0-316-69069-4)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Send in the Idiots: Stories From The Other Side of Autismby Kamran NazeerISBN 1582346208 (1-58234-620-8)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Send in the Idiots: Stories From The Other Side of Autism'Book summary:A remarkable, elegantly written portrait of four autistic men and women, and what their struggles and triumphs reveal about this baffling condition, and about us all.[via]
In 1982, when he was four years old, Kamran Nazeer was enrolled in a small school in New York City alongside a dozen other children diagnosed with autism. Calling themselves the Idiots, these kids received care that was at the cutting edge of developmental psychology. Twenty-three years later, the school no longer exists.
Send in the Idiots is the always candid, often surprising, and ultimately moving investigation into what happened to those children. Now a policy adviser in England, Kamran decides to visit four of his old classmates to find out the kind of lives that they are living now, how much they've been able to overcome--and what remains missing. A speechwriter unable to make eye contact; a messenger who gets upset if anyone touches his bicycle; a depressive suicide victim; and a computer engineer who communicates difficult emotions through the use of hand puppets: these four classmates reveal an astonishing, thought-provoking spectrum of behavior.
Bringing to life the texture of autistic lives and the pressures and limitations that the condition presents, Kamran also relates the ways in which those can be eased over time, and with the right treatment. Using his own experiences to examine such topics as the difficulties of language, conversation as performance, and the politics of civility, Send in the Idiots is also a rare and provocative exploration of the way that people--all people--learn to think and feel. Written with unmatched insight and striking personal testimony, Kamran Nazeer's account is a stunning, invaluable, and utterly unique contribution to the literature of what makes us human.More editions of Send in the Idiots: Stories From The Other Side of Autism:
Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autismby Donna WilliamsISBN 0812925246 (0-8129-2524-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Songs Of The Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autismby Dawn Prince-HughesISBN 1400082153 (1-4000-8215-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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In this elegant and thought-provoking memoir, Dawn Prince-Hughes traces her personal growth from undiagnosed autism to the moment when, as a young woman, she entered the Seattle Zoo and immediately became fascinated with the gorillas.
Having suffered from a lifelong inability to relate to people in a meaningful way, Dawn was surprised to find herself irresistibly drawn to these great primates. By observing them and, later, working with them, she was finally able to emerge from her solitude and connect to living beings in a way she had never previously experienced.
Songs of the Gorilla Nation is more than a story of autism, it is a paean to all that is important in life. Dawn Prince-Hughess evocative story will undoubtedly have a lasting impact, forcing us, like the author herself, to rediscover and assess our own understanding of human emotion. [via]More editions of Songs Of The Gorilla Nation: My Journey Through Autism:
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Speaking With the Angelby Nick HornbyISBN 1573228583 (1-57322-858-3)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Speaking With the Angel'Book summary:There are lots of reasons to buy Speaking with the Angel, an anthology of first-person narratives by bright, young, mostly British literati: these are smart and original stories, none of them previously published elsewhere. What's more, it's for a good cause. Nick Hornby, editor of the collection and author of one of the pieces, has an autistic son, and in a raw and wrenching introduction he stresses the importance of educational institutions to serve such children, who "have no language, and no particular compulsion to acquire it, who are born without the need to explore the world." Accordingly, a portion of each sale benefits autism charities around the world.
Still, this is a collection that stands on its own merits, and requires no act of charity to purchase. In Roddy Doyle's "The Slave," for example, a 42-year-old family man discovers a dead rat on his kitchen floor, and this unwelcome incursion from the natural world plunges him into a midlife crisis. In "Last Requests," Giles Smith introduces us to a prison cook who specializes in, well, last suppers. It's both hilarious and shocking to encounter this egomaniacal chef on the job:
They can have what they like, within reason, up to a maximum of three courses, with coffee or tea and a piece of confectionary or a biscuit if they want it. No alcohol, for obvious reasons. Obviously, you'll get the jokers, like the one who said he wanted a whole roast pig with an apple in its mouth. Or the governor's head, one of them said he wanted.
Elsewhere, in Hornby's own "NippleJesus," a skinhead bouncer becomes a museum guard and falls for the painting he's charged to protect, a crucifixion collage made up of thousands of tiny breasts cut out of porn magazines. The stories in Speaking with the Angel all feel up to the minute, abounding with references to politics and popular culture. Yet the obscenity and slang ultimately amount to a form of bluster, an acknowledgement of the intrinsic fragility that all 12 of these narrators share. --Victoria Jenkins [via]More editions of Speaking With the Angel:
The Speed of Darkby Elizabeth MoonISBN 0345447549 (0-345-44754-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My LIfe with Autismby Temple Grandin, Oliver W. SacksISBN 0307275655 (0-307-27565-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My LIfe with Autism'Book summary:Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autismbecause Temple Grandin is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and experiences the world in ways that are incomprehensible to the rest of us.
In this unprecedented book, Grandin delivers a report from the country of autism. Writing from the dual perspectives of a scientist and an autistic person, she tells us how that country is experienced by its inhabitants and how she managed to breach its boundaries to function in the outside world. What emerges in Thinking in Pictures is the document of an extraordinary human being, one who, in gracefully and lucidly bridging the gulf between her condition and our own, sheds light on the riddle of our common identity. [via]More editions of Thinking in Pictures: And Other Reports from My LIfe with Autism:
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Through the Eyes of Aliens: A Book About Autistic Peopleby Jasmine Lee O'NeillISBN 1853027103 (1-85302-710-3)
Softcover, Jessica Kingsley Pub
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The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationshipsby Sean Barron, Veronica ZyskISBN 193256506X (1-932565-06-X)
Hardcover, Future Horizons Inc
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Vintage Sacksby Oliver W. SacksISBN 1400033977 (1-4000-3397-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vintage Sacks'Book summary:Vintage Readers are a perfect introduction to some of the great modern writers presented in attractive, accessible paperback editions.
It is Dr. Sackss gift that he has found a way to enlarge our experience and understanding of what the human is. The Wall Street Journal
Dubbed the poet laureate of medicine by The New York Times, Oliver Sacks is a practicing neurologist and a mesmerizing storyteller. His empathetic accounts of his patientss livesand wrily observed narratives of his ownconvey both the extreme borderlands of human experience and the miracles of ordinary seeing, speaking, hearing, thinking, and feeling.
Vintage Sacks includes the introduction and case study Rose R. from Awakenings (the book that inspired the Oscar-nominated movie), as well as A Deaf World from Seeing Voices; The Visions of Hildegard from Migraine; excerpts from Island Hopping and Pingelap from The Island of the Colorblind; A Surgeons Life from An Anthropologist on Mars; and two chapters from Sackss acclaimed memoir Uncle Tungsten. [via]More editions of Vintage Sacks:
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Wizard Aloneby Diane DuaneISBN 0152049118 (0-15-204911-8)
Softcover, Magic Carpet Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wizard Alone'Book summary:Kit and Nita return to join forces against the evil Lone Power, this time over the heart and mind of a young autistic, in Diane Duane's sixth installment of the Young Wizards series. Initially, Kit finds himself flying solo as Nita has sunk into a deep depression over her mother's recent death. Luckily, his telepathic pooch, Ponch, is happy to fill Nita's niche temporarily, as long as biscuits are involved. Kit tries to understand why autistic wizard-in-training Darryl McAllister has been stuck in his Ordeal, or initiation, for over three months. Is it merely the fault of his autism? Inside Darryl's mind, Kit and Ponch find complex landscapes of weird beauty that belie Darryl's rocking, vacant exterior. But they also find the Lone Power, attacking Darryl with an unrelenting brutality that is excessive, even for the Source of all Evil. Meanwhile, Nita is distracted from her sadness by trying to discover the meaning of a series of strange dreams in which a being is pleading for her aid. Could the dreams be a call for help from Darryl? And if so, will Kit and Nita come together in time to destroy the Lone Power before it destroys them?
Though a novice to the series would definitely benefit from reading the previous books, Duane's latest mix of science and spell casting is thought provoking in its own right. She slips enough facts into this fiction to ensure that young readers will not only enjoy the quest, but also learn something along the way. (Ages 10 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Women from Another Planet: Our Lives in the Universe of Autismby Jean Kearns MillerISBN 1410734315 (1-4107-3431-5)
Softcover, Authorhouse
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women from Another Planet: Our Lives in the Universe of Autism'Book summary:Mention the word autism and the room suddenly turnssilent. It's the dreaded A word.People's attentionturns to late night TV public service ads declaring that autistic children are"imprisoned" by autism and need curing at all cost. Recent autobiographies havehelped dispel this dire description by suggesting that autism is not a prisonand that the door is unlocked and you're free to come in. Women from Another Planet? moves beyond these autistic life storiesin important ways. It's a collection of stories and conversations, all of themby women on the autism spectrum who speak candidly, insightfully, and oftenengagingly about both their gender in terms of their autism and their autism interms of their gender. It is written not just for parents and professionals,like the other works, but also to those women still searching for ways tounderstand the unnamed difference they live with, as well as the wider audienceof discerning readers. If you enter the unlocked door of these Women from Another Planet? you may endup with a question mark or two about yourplanet. Is normalcy really all it's cracked up to be? [via]
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El Curioso Incidente Del Perro A Medianocheby Mark HaddonISBN 8478889108 (84-7888-910-8)
Softcover, Salamandra Publicacions Y Edicions
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