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Your Life is Not a Label: A Guide to Living Fully with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
Your Life is Not a Label: A Guide to Living Fully with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome by Jerry Newport.
(XAD Newpo 2001)
Newport, an adult with Asperger’s Syndrome, has an enthusiasm for life. He encourages teens and other adults on the spectrum to really love themselves, live life to the fullest, and not be afraid to try new things. Advice is included on things like public transport and jobs. Pp. 317.
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The “What’s happening to My Body” Book for Boys
The “What’s happening to My Body” Book for Boys, Revised Third Edition (What’s Happening to My Body?) by Lynda Madaras.
(XAT Madar 2007 boy)
This book features detailed coverage, in age-appropriate language, of the body’s changing size and shape, the growth spurt, the reproductive organs, voice changes, romantic and sexual feelings, puberty in the opposite sex, and much more. Includes a comprehensive resource section and line drawings. For ages 10 and up. Pp.272.
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The “What’s Happening to My Body” Book for Girls
The “What’s Happening to My Body” Book for Girls, Revised Third Edition (What’s Happening to My Body?) by Lynda Madaras.
(XAT Madar 2007 girl)
This book features detailed coverage, in age-appropriate language, of the body’s changing size and shape, the growth spurt, the reproductive organs, the menstrual cycle, romantic and sexual feelings, puberty in the opposite sex, and much more. Includes a comprehensive resource section and line drawings. For ages 10 and up. Pp.304.
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How Rude! Handbook: School Manners
How Rude! Handbook: School Manners by Alex Parker.
(XAT Parke 2004)
What counts as rude behavior in school? What can you do when a teacher is rude? When someone tries to copy off of your paper during tests, should you rat or not? How can you dress for school success? What’s the best way to handle bullies, bigots, bashers, and harassers? School can be cruel. Here’s sound advice (touched with humor) for teens who want to make it more bearable. Pp. 116.
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Taking Care of Myself: A Hygiene, Puberty, and Personal Curriculum for Young People with Autism
Taking Care of Myself: A Hygiene, Puberty, and Personal Curriculum for Young People with Autism by Mary Wrobel.
(XAT Wrobe 2003)
This book was written to provide necessary information on the skills students need to live safe, healthy lives as independently as possible. Pp. 248.
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Build Your Own Life: A Self-Help Guide for Individuals With Asperger’s Syndrome
Build Your Own Life: A Self-Help Guide for Individuals With Asperger’s Syndrome by Wendy Lawson.
(XAT Lawso 1998)
The author, who has Asperger’s Syndrome herself, guides others on the autism spectrum through the confusing map of life, tackling the building bricks of social existence one by one. With insight and practical suggestions she looks at issues such as the concept of ‘self’ and ‘other,’ the difficulty of ‘putting on a face’ and how to deal with unwelcome changes, helping all those on the higher-functioning end of the autism spectrum, and those close to them, to get the best out of a world that is often perplexing. Pp. 176.
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Marching Out of Time
Marching Out of Time by Quinn Koeneman.
(XAS Koene 2008)
The author explores how he came to terms with his diagnosis and how he has integrated it into his identity. His reason for writing this book, he said, is to help others with the diagnosis find their own acceptance and understanding of who they are. Pp. 122.
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Asperger’s Difference
Asperger’s Difference (DVD) by Center for Spectrum Services.
(XAS Asper 2009)
Asperger’s Difference is a thirty minute documentary following a middle school, high school, and college student living with AS. This documentary is aimed at other students with AS and acknowledges that although many of these students will face challenges they also possess unique and valuable talents. Asperger’s Difference also helps students decide who and how they tell about having Asperger’s Syndrome.
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Asperger’s Syndrome and Bullies: Strategies and Solutions
Asperger’s Syndrome and Bullies: Strategies and Solutions by Nick Dubin and Michael John Carley.
(XAS Dubin 2007)
The author describes the bullying behavior he and other individuals have experienced, and the effect this has had on their lives. He outlines the reasons for bullying behavior and the danger of persistent recurrence if it remains unchecked, as well as the critical importance of “involving the bystander”. Nick Dubin goes on to provide a range of effective strategies to address bullies and bullying that can be applied by parents, professionals, schools, and individuals being bullied. Pp. 173.
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INTRICATE MINDS II: Understanding Elementary School Classmates With Asperger Syndrome
INTRICATE MINDS II: Understanding Elementary School Classmates With Asperger Syndrome by Jessie Coulter and Dan Coulter (DVD)
(XAS Intri 2006II)
This DVD includes interviews with boys and girls aged 8 through 12 who describe what it’s like to have Asperger Syndrome. They reveal some of the positive qualities classmates will find if they take the time to understand and look past the “different” behaviors kids with AS sometimes exhibit. 16 minutes.
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Asperger Syndrome: An Owner’s Manual 2 For older Adolescents and Adults
Asperger Syndrome: An Owner’s Manual 2 For older Adolescents and Adults by E. Heller Korin.
(XAS Korin 2007)
This interactive workbook deals with issues that older adolescents and adults face such as relationships, marriage, independent living, employment, self-care, etc. The author uses the nonagram, a nine-pointed star symbolizing achievement and completeness to visually guide readers through each major section of the book This resource is designed to inform and support individuals with AS as they come to grips with their strengths and challenges and plan for a successful adulthood within the neurotypical world. Pp. 120.
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Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome
Freaks, Geeks and Asperger Syndrome by Luke Jackson and Tony Attwood.
(XAT Jacks 2002)
This story is written by a 13 year old who has Asperger’s Syndrome. He writes about his life and gives guidance on topics such as bullying, friendships, dating, problems in school and morality. Pp. 217.
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Asperger’s on the Job
Asperger’s on the Job by Rudy Simone.
(XAD Simon 2010)
Rudy Simone, an adult with Asperger’s Syndrome and an accomplished author, consultant, and musician, created this insightful resource to help employers, educators, and therapists accommodate this growing population, and to help people with Asperger’s find and keep gainful employment. Pp. 200.
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Normal People Scare Me
Normal People Scare Me(XAD Norma 2006)
In the film, Cross offers a quirky and refreshing interview style as he asks questions including: “Do you like being autistic?”; “What do you want to be when you grow up?”; and Have you been teased? Interviews with over 65 individuals offer powerful, poignant insight to the joys and sorrows behind the faces and mysteries of autism. An excellent tool for in-service, education and awareness, the film has been used in universities, colleges, school districts, private and public organizations and corporations to shed a new perspective on autism as can only be expressed by those who experience it.
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Your Life is Not a Label: A Guide to Living Fully with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome
Your Life is Not a Label: A Guide to Living Fully with Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome by Jerry Newport.
(XAD Newpo 2001)
Newport, an adult with Asperger’s Syndrome, has an enthusiasm for life. He encourages teens and other adults on the spectrum to really love themselves, live life to the fullest, and not be afraid to try new things. Advice is included on things like public transport and jobs. Pp. 317.
If available, item can be checked out from the resource room at no cost.
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