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In Search of the One Thing - Journey Through Autism

Author : Victor Wang
Publisher : Autism Awakening Inc
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780615762081

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In Search of the One Thing - Journey Through Autism by Victor Wang Pdf

One family's journey through Autism. See how God healed their bodies, changed their minds and awakened their spirits.

A Land We Can Share

Author : Paula Kluth,Kelly Chandler-Olcott
Publisher : Brookes Publishing Company
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Education
ISBN : UOM:39015074246623

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A Land We Can Share by Paula Kluth,Kelly Chandler-Olcott Pdf

The how and why of teaching literacy skills to children with autism

A Friend Like Henry

Author : Nuala Gardner
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781444718928

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A Friend Like Henry by Nuala Gardner Pdf

This is the inspiring account of a family's struggle to break into their son's autistic world - and how a beautiful retreiver dog made the real difference. Dale was still a baby when his parents realised that something wasn't right. Worried, his mother Nuala took him to see several doctors, before finally hearing the word 'autism' for the first time. Scared but determined that Dale should live a fulfilling life, Nuala describes her despair at her son's condition, her struggle to prevent Dale being excluded from a 'normal' education and her sense of hopeless isolation. Dale's autism was severe and violent and family life was a daily battleground. But the Gardner's lives were transformed when they welcomed a gorgeous Golden Retriever into the family. The special bond between Dale and his dog Henry helped them to produce the breakthrough in Dale they had long sought. From taking a bath to saying 'I love you', Henry helped introduce Dale to all the normal activities most parents take for granted, and set him on the road to being the charming and well-adjusted young man he is today. This is a heartrending and fascinating account of how one devoted and talented dog helped a little boy conquer his autism.

What's Not Allowed?

Author : Teresa Hedley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1989664016

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What's Not Allowed? by Teresa Hedley Pdf

Lauded by autism leaders and practitioners as "relatable, insightful, joyful and inspiring," What's Not Allowed? A Family Journey with Autism" tells the tale of Erik from womb to emerging adult. Written with compassion, humor and keen observation, we are taken inside the shoes of autism and invited to link arms with the Hedley family as they nurture Erik from boy to man. Heartfelt stories highlight themes around autism support and allow us an intriguing glimpse into the mind of autism. The tales are those of any and every family living with autism; they pose questions, poke at philosophies and offer insight into shaping potential. What matters? What sculpts? What are we trying to achieve? "What's Not Allowed?" offers an uplifting "go-is-me" approach to mining the best version of each of us, autism or not.

Bad Animals

Author : Joel Yanofsky
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781620873137

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Bad Animals by Joel Yanofsky Pdf

Joel Yanofsky tried for years to start this memoir. “It’s not just going to be about autism,” he told his wife, Cynthia. “It’s going to be about parenthood and marriage, about hope and despair, and storytelling, too.” “Marriage?” Cynthia said. “What about marriage?” A veteran book reviewer, Yanofsky has spent a lifetime immersed in literature (not to mention old movies and old jokes), which he calls shtick. This account of a year in the life of a family describes a father’s struggle to enter his son’s world, the world of autism, using the materials he knows best: self-help books, feel-good memoirs, literary classics from the Bible to Dr. Seuss, old movies, and, yes, shtick. Funny, wrenching, and unfailingly candid, Bad Animals is both an exploration of a baffling condition and a quirky love story told by a gifted writer.

No Map to This Country

Author : Jennifer Noonan
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780738219042

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No Map to This Country by Jennifer Noonan Pdf

A heartbreaking yet also funny and ultimately empowering memoir revealing the a multi-year journey into the latest science and treatments in order to rescue her kids and her family from autism.

Sincerely, Your Autistic Child

Author : Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780807025680

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Sincerely, Your Autistic Child by Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network Pdf

A diverse collection of autistic voices that highlights how parents can avoid common mistakes and misconceptions, and make their child feel truly accepted, valued, and celebrated for who they are. Most resources available for parents come from psychologists, educators, and doctors, offering parents a narrow and technical approach to autism. Sincerely, Your Autistic Child represents an authentic resource for parents written by autistic people themselves. From childhood and education to culture, gender identity, and sexuality, this anthology tackles the everyday joys and challenges of growing up while honestly addressing the emotional needs, sensitivity, and vibrancy of autistic kids, youth, and young adults. Contributors reflect on what they have learned while growing up on the autism spectrum and how parents can avoid common mistakes and overcome challenges while raising their child. Part memoir, part guide, and part love letter, Sincerely, Your Autistic Child is an indispensable collection that invites parents and allies into the unique and often unheard experiences of autistic children and teens.

How To Be Autistic

Author : Charlotte Amelia Poe
Publisher : Myriad Editions
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781912408337

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How To Be Autistic by Charlotte Amelia Poe Pdf

An urgent, funny, shocking, and impassioned memoir by the winner of the Spectrum Art Prize 2018, How To Be Autistic presents the rarely shown point of view of someone living with autism. Poe's voice is confident, moving and often funny, as she reveals to us a very personal account of autism, mental illness, gender and sexual identity. As we follow Charlotte's journey through school and college, we become as awestruck by her extraordinary passion for life as by the enormous privations that she must undergo to live it. From food and fandom, to body modification and comic conventions, Charlotte's experiences through the torments of schooldays and young adulthood leave us with a riot of conflicting emotions: horror, empathy, despair, laugh-out-loud amusement and, most of all, respect.

Our Journey Through High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome

Author : Linda Andron
Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2001-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781846422058

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Our Journey Through High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome by Linda Andron Pdf

This is an excellent travelers' guide because it is written by people who have been there. The stories are enthralling and the authors' experiences enable us to understand the culture and perspective of people with autistic spectrum disorder. This book is recommended for anyone who has embarked on a journey to explore a part of our world that we have only recently discovered.' - from the foreword by Tony Attwood 'I had a great many of my hunches and hopes confirmed when I read the words of the generous parents, and their even more generous children, who contributed to this book ... Most important, I learned it is possible to be inspired to see the glass as half full, no matter how many leaks there seem to be in the cup ... I believe the community who reads this book will join me in thanking those who wrote it, for their courage, their wit and their plethora of ideas.' - from the foreword by Liane Holliday Willey For the families who have contributed to this book, living with autism spectrum disorders has been a journey of self-discovery. With honesty and humor, they describe the ways autism has affected their daily lives, the challenges they have faced and the approaches they have found beneficial. They share their practical and original strategies for dealing with issues such as helping children to develop empathy and humor, developing and maintaining friendships and explaining their autism spectrum disorders to other people. This book will be a source of advice and inspiration for families of children with autism and the professionals who work with them. It is practical, realistic and positive - autism is seen as something to be understood and celebrated. As 11-year-old Glen states in the Appendix, written by some of the children with autism featured in the book: 'I like myself and consider my difference something positive.' Linda Andron is a licensed clinical social worker, Adjunct Lecturer in Psychiatry and Bio-Behavioural Sciences and Clinical Instructor at the University of California at Los Angeles. She is the director of the UCLA Family Support Community Program and the clinical director of the Center for Asperger's Assessment and Intervention at the HELP Group. She has worked with over 500 families of children with High Functioning Autism and Asperger Syndrome and is a member of the Professional Advisory Board of the Autism Society of Los Angeles. She has written many articles and chapters on developmental disabilities.

Dispatches from Ray's Planet

Author : Claire Finlayson
Publisher : Caitlin Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1773860305

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Dispatches from Ray's Planet by Claire Finlayson Pdf

As a child, Claire's big brother Ray was always bright and inquisitive, and she looked up to him. But as the two became teenagers, Ray struggled to acquire the social skills that came more easily to Claire and their friends. Claire tried to help, pointing out what he should or shouldn't have said or done. Ray insisted that he wasn't the problem--"On my planet...", he would explain, there were no social climbers, no cocktail parties, no subtle hints or subliminal messages to miss. On his planet, the telling of little white lies would be a capital offence. At sixteen, sitting with him in the high school cafeteria, Claire vowed to find Ray's "planet." After graduation, Ray took a job as a letter carrier with Canada Post, but after thirty-three years on the job he had developed plantar fasciitis, his feet so painful he couldn't walk. Instead of seeking medical help, he began leaving mail in his truck overnight--a serious dereliction of duty. He was fired, blew his appeal, and spiralled into a suicidal depression. Claire didn't know he was in trouble until he reached out to her by email. Thus began a remarkable email correspondence that pulled back the curtain on an inner life Claire couldn't have imagined. Where in-person interactions plunged him into hot water, by email, Ray's writing revealed a compassionate, funny, sad man who showed extraordinary insight into his often self-destructive way of navigating the world. Ray was fifty when Claire realized he might have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but by then, having survived without a diagnosis his whole life, Ray was reluctant to have a label pinned on him and resisted Claire's efforts to fix him by trying, in all sincerity, to make him more like her. Dispatches From Ray's Planet draws on Ray and Claire's correspondence to tell the story of two siblings from two very different planets. There are thousands of Rays in our world, hiding in basements or holding up walls at social functions. In this collective memoir, Claire and Ray share their journey with the hope that others can also learn that we all perceive the world in different ways, and that "different" does not necessarily mean dangerous.

I Am Intelligent

Author : Dianne Goddard,Peyton Goddard
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780762785988

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I Am Intelligent by Dianne Goddard,Peyton Goddard Pdf

This riveting memoir of extreme loss and unimaginable gain recounts the story of a child who, although unable to expressherself, lives fully aware of her limiting circumstances. Robbed of speech and bodily control, and despite her loving parents’ best efforts to help her, Peyton Goddard suffered neglect and ongoing abuse by many who dismissed her as autistic and severely mentally retarded. No one could have imagined that she possessed a brilliant mind in her uncooperative body until her first opportunity to communicate electronically at age 22 when she typed “i am intlgent,” a breakthrough reminiscent of The Miracle Worker. Today Peyton is following through on her vow to be an advocate on behalf of other devalued people. Her inspirational life helps readers transcend stereotypes and join her in the radical notion that, as she says, “All people are vastly valuable. Treasure all because great is each.”

Dysnomia

Author : Jenny Story
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0995311145

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Dysnomia by Jenny Story Pdf

Dysnomia 2 is an engaging dystopian fantasy that picks up where the original left off. There's such a familiar comfort in revisiting our old friends Layla and Shaine, and revisiting their rich fascinating world.

Songs of the Gorilla Nation

Author : Dawn Prince-Hughes
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X004689589

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Songs of the Gorilla Nation by Dawn Prince-Hughes Pdf

"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." 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-Hughes's evocative story will undoubtedly have a lasting impact, forcing us, like the author herself, to rediscover and assess our own understanding of human emotion.

Just Another Autistic Kid, but This One's Mine

Author : Heidi Pfalzgraf
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2009-02-27
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781467867238

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Just Another Autistic Kid, but This One's Mine by Heidi Pfalzgraf Pdf

Autism has touched so many lives. This is one family's struggle with accepting and embracing the truth. From the birth to the toddler years to school-age, dealing with autism in today's society can be an emotional journey. A journey that can bring out the best in yourself.

The Silence of Ray

Author : Karen YR Taylor-Fletcher
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781973668275

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The Silence of Ray by Karen YR Taylor-Fletcher Pdf

This book is a memoir about a strong and energetic young man who must learn to deal with life while coping with autism. It also shares the challenges and struggles faced by his family while caring for this young man. Raymond Charles Fletcher has a story the author believes will touch the hearts of those who will read this book.