Summary: An autistic thirteen-year-old runs away from home and discovers a new world on the NYC subway. His mother Mariana, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, starts a panicked search of their neighborhood in Rockaway Beach with the help of a local shopkeeper. But as days pass with no sign of her son, and with Hurricane Sandy bearing down, the divisions the family has tried to ignore are brought to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA STAHornok, Julie
Summary: "When faced with challenge and hardship, we seek allies, support, and advice from those who have been trhough similar situations. The same is true for families dealings with a world-changing diagnosis of autism in their child. As a mother of a daughter with autism, Julie Hornok brings together thirty inspiring stories from parents raising children from all places on the spectrum and from all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brown Books Publishing Group 2018
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Summary: "Empowering strategies for anyone who works with children and teens on the spectrum. International best-selling writer and autist Temple Grandin joins psychologist Debra Moore in presenting nine strengths-based mindsets necessary to successfully work with young people on the autism spectrum. Examples and stories bring the approaches to life, and detailed suggestions and checklists help readers...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 GRATilton, Adelle Jameson.
Summary: Provides practical advice, expert reassurance, and real-life tips to help your family cope with an autistic child.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 618.92 TILBernier, Raphael (Raphael A.)
Summary: "What have scientists learned about the causes of autism spectrum disorder? Why do different kids have such different symptoms, and what are the best ways to deal with them? Will there ever be a cure? From leading autism researchers, this accessible guide helps you put the latest advances to work for your unique child. Separating fact from fiction about causes, treatments, and prevention, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Guilford Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 618.92 BEREllis, Michael A.
Summary: When your child is diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, you have questions. As ASD parents themselves, Michael and Lori Ellis provide a holistic view of what comes after diagnosis, answer the most commonly asked questions, discuss what medications and therapies are available, and examine the global impact ASD has on the child's environment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2018
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Summary: With step-by-step instructions on how parents and teachers can incorporate this approach easily into family and school life, Claire also offers a variety of specific tips, tricks and engaging activities to provide ongoing support for parents and teachers alike.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.154 O'NEStuart, Keith
Summary: "Alex loves his family, and yet he struggles to connect with his eight-year-old autistic son, Sam. The strain has pushed his marriage to the breaking point. So Alex moves in with his merrily irresponsible best friend on the world's most uncomfortable blow-up bed. As Alex navigates single life, long-buried family secrets, and part-time fatherhood, his son begins playing Minecraft. Sam's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STUSimsion, Graeme C.
Summary: Don Tillman and Rosie Jarman are back in Australia after a decade in New York, and they're about to face their most important challenge. Their son, Hudson, is struggling at school: he's socially awkward and not fitting in. Don's spent a lifetime trying to fit in, so who better to teach Hudson the skills he needs? The Hudson Project will require the help of friends old and new, force Don to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Text Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction SimsonRamesh, Jaya
Summary: What if parenting were an act of social justice? In this part story-telling, part self-inquiry book, authors and therapists Jaya Ramesh and Priya Saaral situate parenting children of color with neurodivergence within the context of various interlocking systems of oppression including settler colonialism, White supremacy, ableism, and capitalism. These intersections engender isolation and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting Press 2024
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Summary: "Part autobiography, part parenting manual, Your Child Is Not Broken is a no-holds-barred account of Heidi Mavir's discovery of her child's neurodivergence"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: This book gives parents the tools they need to develop their child's behavior intervention and skill development plans. A major focus is on helping parents answer the question: What can I do that will help my child be successful? Topics include behavior, communication, reward systems, social skills, and medication support.--Publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: AAPC Publishing 2015
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Summary: "In her 2006 memoir Strange Son, Portia Iversen coined the phrase "intact mind" to describe the typical cognitive abilities she believed were buried within even the most seemingly impaired autistic individuals, like her son Dov - who, at nine years old, was completely nonverbal and spent much of his time "chewing on blocks and tapping stones." Although he didn't know the alphabet, colors, or...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2024
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85 LUTTobe, Keiko.
Summary: A little effort goes a long way--that's what Sachiko Azuma, her fellow parents, and the teachers learn as they struggle to work together to make life easier for the children in the Special Education class. With the help of innovative gadgets and the support of more people than meet the eye, the autistic Hikaru and Miyu become better able to communicate with the world around them. but when a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WITSears, Michael
Summary: Struggling to rebuild his life after a two-year prison term for unscrupulous choices, former Wall Street hotshot Jason Stafford is tapped by an investment firm to investigate the suspicious death of a junior trader.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SEAGreenspan, Stanley I.
Summary: In [this book, the authors] describe the DIR/Floortime approach and show how to enter a child's world and bring her or him into a shared world of relating, communicating, and thinking. Part I presents a new, more accurate way of defining autism and ASD and observing a child's earliest signs, and describes goals for working with children with ASD and other special needs within the DIR framework....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Lifelong Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8588 GREWiseman, Nancy D.
Summary: An essential guide for managing all aspects of a child's autism in the crucial stage after diagnosis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Da Capo Life Long 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85882 WISFields-Meyer, Thomas.
Summary: "A heartwarming and hopeful memoir of a father's experience raising his autistic son. When his son Ezra was diagnosed with autism, Tom Fields-Meyer knew little about parenting and even less about neurological disorders. This intimate memoir chronicles his remarkable experiences of learning and growth from the time Ezra was diagnosed at age three to his bar mitzvah at thirteen. In that time,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 FIELDS-MEYER, THOMAS FIELBass, Richard
Summary: Why you should steer clear of Doctor Google and have faith in your own parenting skills and intuition – here’s how. When a baby is born, you count the fingers and toes, you wait for the cry, and finally, there is a sense of relief that everything is ok. Over the next few months, you learn so much about this tiny human and, of course, plenty of reading about what to expect. But what happens...
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Publisher / Publication Date: RGB Publishing 0000
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Summary: Offers parents practical advice on how they can determine whether their child's development is normal or whether he or she has an Autism Spectrum Disorder, describing the most common signs of Autism Spectrum Disorders and explaining how to obtain an accurate diagnosis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jossey-Bass 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.85882 STOSuskind, Ron.
Summary: "Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of color. A fantasy? A nightmare? This is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn't speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SUSKIND, OWEN SUSWoodcock, Linda.
Contents: Understanding autism -- Understanding challenging or distressed behaviour -- The low arousal approach -- Using video -- Relationships : keeping it together! -- Medical issues -- Other common problems -- Looking after your health.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.154 WOOSummary: Follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in an attempt to find healing for him. When two-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife Kristin sought the best possible medical care, but traditional therapies had little effect. They discovered that Rowan has a profound affinity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2010