Special Needs category: 986 books
Getting a Life with Asperger's
Lessons Learned on the Bumpy Road to Adulthood
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
Hard-won insights on transitioning into adulthood
Author, speaker, and autism advocate Jesse A. Saperstein knows a lot about living with Asperger’s. Diagnosed at the age of 14, Jesse has struggled, triumphed, flubbed, soared, educated, and inspired. Along the road to adulthood, he has learned...
Inner-Active Learning through Right Brain Education
Strengthening Your Soul Senses through Your Holy Christ Self
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2013
Ideal for teachers, parents and grandparents teaching children of all ages. By Montessori International staff under the direction of Elizabeth Clare Prophet. A first-ever guide on right brain education to unlock your childs talents and genius. Written by a team of educators, Inner-Active Learning features...
Love That Boy
What Two Presidents, Eight Road Trips, and My Son Taught Me About a Parent's Expectations
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
"[A]n eloquent, brave, big-hearted book…about the timeless anxieties and emotions of parenthood, and the modern twists thereon.”
—James Fallows, The Atlantic
Love That Boy is a uniquely personal story about the causes and costs of outsized parental expectations. What we want for...
by Casey Watson, Torey Hayden, Mary MacCracken
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
For the first time, Casey Watson’s The Girl Without a Voice, Torey Hayden’s Beautiful Child and Mary MacCracken’s Lovey are combined in an exclusive e-book bundle. Discover the moving stories of three inspirational teachers as they try to pull their students out of the darkness. The Girl Without...
by Jessica Bell
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
This book is not The Book. The Book is in this book. And The Book in this book is both the goodie and the baddie.
Bonnie is five. She wants to bury The Book because it is a demon that should go to hell. Penny, Bonnie’s mother, does bury The Book, but every day she digs it up and writes in...
by Katherine Smiley
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2013
Questions Every Parent Has About Their Autistic Child; And The Answers...
Autism is a complex disorder, and there really is no one singular way to discuss or define it. But there is one thing that is true across the board when it comes to autism: the number of questions parents have....
Down Syndrome Parenting 101
Must-Have Advice for Making Your Life Easier
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2012
Down Syndrome Parenting 101 is a savvy book for parents, grandparents, teachers, and anyone who shares life with a person with Down syndrome! It's full of uplifting advice and best practices gleaned from the author's personal and professional experiences raising a son, now an adult, and teaching educators...
The Dark Side of Autism
Struggling to Find Peace and Understanding When Life's Not Full of Rainbows, Unicorns and Blessings
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
There should be no shame in the fact that parenting a child with Autism can be difficult and sometimes dark. There are how to “cure” your child of autism books which can leave parents feeling like a failure if those “cures” fall flat and there are many books that punctuate the “blessings”....
Broken Cookies Taste Just as Sweet
The Amazing Grace of Motherhood, Marriage, and Miracles on the Spectrum
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
LIFE IS MESSY!
Broken Cookies Taste Just as Sweet: The Amazing Grace of Motherhood, Marriage, and Miracles on the Spectrum is a snapshot of one woman's beautiful mess. From insecure beginnings, abandonment, and single motherhood to discovering the joy that is autism and the surprise that is...
Louder Than Words
A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2007
The New York Times bestseller that is an inspiring "story of hope" (People) for parents of autistic children
One morning Jenny McCarthy was having a cup of coffee when she sensed something was wrong. She ran into her two-year-old son Evan's room and found him having a seizure. Doctor...
Mother Warriors
A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2008
Stories of hope and recovery from a nation of parents of autistic children, by the high-profile, bestselling author of Louder Than Words. When Jenny McCarthy published Louder Than Words, the story of her successful efforts to save her son, Evan, from autism, the response was tremendous. It hit #3...
Changed By Chance
My Journey of Triumph Over Tragedy
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
• 22% of American children have a learning (8%) or developmental (14%) disability. • One in every 691 babies in the United States is born with Down syndrome. • 1.6 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer in 2014. Of those, 232,000 cases were breast cancer. • 14.5 million Americans are...
by Greg Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Greg Palmer, an award-winning writer and producer of PBS documentaries and plays for families, chronicles two of the most important years in the life of his son, Ned, who has Down syndrome-the time when he's making the transition from high school to work. This intimate, often humorous, account is...
Between Their World and Ours
Breakthroughs with Autistic Children
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Autism has reached epidemic proportions. The latest studies suggest that as many as one in 150 children ages ten and younger may be affected by autism---a total of 300,000 children in the United States alone. Adults included, there are more than a million people in the United States suffering from...