Books About Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism
People with Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism have special needs and concerns. These books, often written by folks with AS or HFA, help parents and adults on the spectrum to find resources, support, and community.
Book Review: Asperger Syndrome in the Inclusive Classroom
Asperger Syndrome in the Classroom: Advice and Strategies for Teachers by Stacey and Dion Betts and Lisa Gerber-Eckland is a handbook offering a variety of ideas, accommodations and examples for public school teachers who are charged with including children with Asperger syndrome in typical classrooms.
Asperger Syndrome in the Classroom: Advice and Strategies for Teachers by Stacey and Dion Betts and Lisa Gerber-Eckland is a handbook offering a variety of ideas, accommodations and examples for public school teachers who are charged with including children with Asperger syndrome in typical classrooms.
Book Review - Aspergers from the Inside Out by Michael John Carley
What's it like to be diagnosed with autism as an adult? Michael John Carley takes readers through the process step by step and provides information, tips and resources for adults going through the same experience.
What's it like to be diagnosed with autism as an adult? Michael John Carley takes readers through the process step by step and provides information, tips and resources for adults going through the same experience.
Book Review: Born on a Blue Day by Daniel Tammet
Daniel Tammet,an autistic savant, has Asperger syndrome. His autobiography is a fascinating read and an opportunity to explore a world that few of us know.
Daniel Tammet,an autistic savant, has Asperger syndrome. His autobiography is a fascinating read and an opportunity to explore a world that few of us know.
Book Review: Look Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison
John Elder Robison is autistic. Diagnosed as an adult with Asperger syndrome, he tells an amazing story loaded with pathos and filled to the brim with rock and roll. Recommended for parents, teens and just plain readers.
John Elder Robison is autistic. Diagnosed as an adult with Asperger syndrome, he tells an amazing story loaded with pathos and filled to the brim with rock and roll. Recommended for parents, teens and just plain readers.
Book Review:The Oasis Guide to Asperger Syndrome
The OASIS Guide to Asperger Syndrome by Patricia Romanowski Bashe and Barbara L. Kirby is a deep, broad and highly readable collection of information for parents of children with Asperger Syndrome.
The OASIS Guide to Asperger Syndrome by Patricia Romanowski Bashe and Barbara L. Kirby is a deep, broad and highly readable collection of information for parents of children with Asperger Syndrome.
Book Review: Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome
Temple Grandin and others have written eloquently about what it's like to grow up on the autism spectrum, but they've generally written from the perspective of a grown-up. Here's an account from a kid right in the thick of it, an adolescent with Asperger's who wants parents to know what it feels like, and other kids to know they're not the only ones who feel that way
Temple Grandin and others have written eloquently about what it's like to grow up on the autism spectrum, but they've generally written from the perspective of a grown-up. Here's an account from a kid right in the thick of it, an adolescent with Asperger's who wants parents to know what it feels like, and other kids to know they're not the only ones who feel that way
Book Review: All Cats Have Asperger Syndrome
This looks like one of those cute gift books, but it's got a serious purpose: to provide a description of Asperger syndrome behaviors in the context of a creature for whom independence and aloofness is a point of pride. It's a clever, charming package.
This looks like one of those cute gift books, but it's got a serious purpose: to provide a description of Asperger syndrome behaviors in the context of a creature for whom independence and aloofness is a point of pride. It's a clever, charming package.
Book Review: Kids in the Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger's...
If your child has behavioral challenges, you've probably had the experience of reading symptoms for one diagnosis after another and feeling your child could be tagged with any of them. Kids in the Syndrome Mix works to sort out some of those tangled strands and lead parents to meaningful interventions for their children, whatever the diagnosis may be.
If your child has behavioral challenges, you've probably had the experience of reading symptoms for one diagnosis after another and feeling your child could be tagged with any of them. Kids in the Syndrome Mix works to sort out some of those tangled strands and lead parents to meaningful interventions for their children, whatever the diagnosis may be.
Book Review: Asperger Syndrome and Bullying
A victim of school bullying battles back as an adult in this small helpful handbook. Dubin identifies the traits of kids with AS that make them particularly vulnerable to bullies, and presents suggestions for schools, teachers, parents and bystanders to end the abuse and make classrooms more inclusive
A victim of school bullying battles back as an adult in this small helpful handbook. Dubin identifies the traits of kids with AS that make them particularly vulnerable to bullies, and presents suggestions for schools, teachers, parents and bystanders to end the abuse and make classrooms more inclusive
Review: Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome
Some parents read books about miracle cures or stoic acceptance for inspiration, but for parents of older kids with special needs, who are finally facing the future, a book like this might fill the bill. While it does offer instruction and advice, it's mostly the story of a kid who, against the odds, went to college and did just fine.
Some parents read books about miracle cures or stoic acceptance for inspiration, but for parents of older kids with special needs, who are finally facing the future, a book like this might fill the bill. While it does offer instruction and advice, it's mostly the story of a kid who, against the odds, went to college and did just fine.