Cozy up for a heartfelt, humorous, sizzling slow-burn in this marriage of convenience romance about finding love-and home-in the most unlikely of places. Axel Rooney Sullivan is sunshine incarnate. Warm, bright, always smiling, she's...
Autistic people
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Author:Liese, ChloeSummary: - Author:Friesen, BerniceSummary:
Universal Disorder is about a young boy growing up on the Canadian Prairies in the 1970s and 1980s; he has developmental disorders -- is on the autism spectrum and has OCD -- and finds solace in the world of numbers. Years later, he...
- Author:Grandin, TempleSummary:
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 autism because she is autistic, a woman who thinks, feels, and...
- Author:Greenwood, BrynSummary:
A provocative love story between a tough Kansas woman on a crooked path to redemption and the unlikeliest of champions, from the New York Times bestselling author of All the Ugly and Wonderful Things Zee is nobody's fairy tale...
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Author:Higashida, NaokiSummary:Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us...
- Author:Finley Mosca, JuliaSummary:
NSTA Best STEM Books for K-12 Selection NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books Selection Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award Recipient A Mighty Girl Book of the Year. If you've ever felt different, if you've ever been low, if you don't...
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Author:Grandin, TempleSummary:Temple Grandin reports from the forefront of autism science, bringing her singular perspective to a thrilling journey into the heart of the autism revolution. Weaving her own experience with remarkable new discoveries, Grandin...
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Author:Montgomery, SySummary:When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. It wasn't until years later that she was diagnosed with autism, a brain disorder that makes communication difficult. Today, Dr. Temple Grandin is a brilliant...
- Author:Higashida, NaokiSummary:
Pour la première fois, un enfant atteint d’autisme sévère raconte sa vie intérieure. Âgé de 13 ans au moment de la publication de l’édition japonaise du livre, Naoki Higashida répond avec sensibilité, intelligence et honnêteté à une...
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Author:Silberman, SteveSummary:What is autism: a lifelong disability or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius? Steve Silberman unearths the secret history of autism, going back to the earliest days of autism research to...
- Author:Deslauriers, StéphanieSummary:
Laurent est un passionné des plantes, il connaît beaucoup de choses à leur sujet y compris leur nom latin. Toutefois, le garçon a de la difficulté à s'intégrer dans sa classe, soit il veut répondre trop vite aux questions en...
- Author:Kurchak, SarahSummary:
Sarah Kurchak is autistic. She hasn't let that get in the way of pursuing her dream to become a writer, or to find love, but she has let it get in the way of being in the same room with someone chewing food loudly, and of cleaning her...
- Author:Guglielmo, Amy.Summary:
Amy Guglielmo, Jacqueline Tourville, and Giselle Potter come together to tell the inspiring story of autism advocate Dr. Temple Grandin and her brilliant invention: the hug machine. As a young girl, Temple Grandin loved folding paper...
- Author:McCreary, MichaelSummary:
Like many others on the autism spectrum, 20-something stand-up comic Michael McCreary has been told by more than a few well-meaning folks that he doesn't "look" autistic. But, as he's quick to point out in this...
- Author:Liese, ChloeSummary:
Aiden I've spent twelve years loving Freya Bergman and twelve lifetimes won't be enough to give her everything she deserves. All I want is to make her happy. But the one thing that will make her happiest is the one thing I...
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Author:Gottlieb, EliSummary:Written astonishingly in the first-person voice of an autistic, adult man, Best Boy--with its unforgettable characters--is a piercing, achingly funny, finally shattering novel that will linger with readers long after the last page is...
- Author:O'Toole, JenniferSummary:
This intimate memoir reveals the woman inside one of autism's most prominent figures, Jennifer O'Toole. At the age of thirty-five, Jennifer was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, and for the first time in her life, things made sense....
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Author:Kaufman, Raun K.Summary:As a boy, Raun Kaufman was diagnosed by multiple experts as severely autistic, with an IQ below 30, and destined to spend his life in an institution. Years later, Raun graduated with a degree in biomedical ethics from Brown University...
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Author:Autism Society, Newfoundland and LabradorSummary:Families, world experts, and persons on the autism spectrum share their experiences in this collection of stories. With a focus on the positive aspects of autism and the importance of community involvement and early intervention, ...
