MY FAVORITES

MY TOP FIVE, WELL, SIX, WELL, SEVEN:

Faber, Adele & Elaine Mazlish How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk
A guidebook I keep coming back to again and again--to relearn, get centered, stay objective, get re-inspired. Well-written in real talk, with great illustrations and anecdotes. Makes me a better parents. Practical advice that always works.
Other categories:Parenting/Psychology
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Grandin, Temple Emergence: Labelled Autistic
Brilliant. Changed my thinking entirely. Temple is such a magical woman. The book follows her progress from non-verbal kid to obsessed teenager, trying to figure out how to meet her own sensory integration needs, to innovative adult who's championed animal rights and become the international expert on humane design of slaughterhouses.
Other categories: Asperger's Autism
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Haddon, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
(Novel) A tour-de-force. I've read it 3 times now, I think. Haddon so perfectly inhabits the character of this Asperger teen, with all his sympathetic quirks and immense talents, and severe limitations. Enthralling.(Not suitable for all kids. Bear in mind that Sasha will read anything, from low-brow comics to child psychology books for parents.)
Other categories: Asperger's Autism, For Kids
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Hall, Kenneth, Asperger Syndrome, the Universe and Everything
Little book, quick read but a great window into the world of an Asperger kid.
Other categories: Asperger's Autism, For Kids
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Kramer, Peter Listening to Prozac
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Other categories: Parenting/Psychology
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Paradiz, Valerie Elijah's Cup: A Family's Journey into the Community and Culture of High- Functioning Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
The book that moved me from grief to understanding a new life--a rich one--can be happily lived with Asperger's Syndrome. Made me understand Asperger's and autism as "other" rather than as negative.
Other categories: Asperger's Autism
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Sacks, OliverThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Other Titles
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Other categories: Parenting/Psychology
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