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1) Rules
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Frustrated at life with an autistic brother, twelve-year-old Catherine longs for a normal existence but her world is further complicated by a friendship with a young paraplegic.
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"From the critically acclaimed author of The Kiss Quotient comes a romantic novel about love that crosses international borders and all boundaries of the heart... Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions--like grief. And love. He thinks he's defective. His family knows better--that his autism means he just processes emotions...
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"This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers, and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It's also my love letter to autistic people. For too long, we have been forced to navigate a world where all the road signs are written in another language"--
11) Slider
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2017.
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Hoping to win a cash prize in a pizza-eating contest after racking up a tab on his mother's credit card, David must juggle his competitive eating training with the responsibility of looking after his autistic younger brother.
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"The face of autism is changing, and more often than we realize, that face is wearing lipstick. Autism in Heels, an intimate memoir, reveals the woman inside one of autism's most prominent figures, Jennifer Cook 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. Now, Jennifer exposes the constant struggle between carefully crafted persona and authentic existence,...
14) Kids like us
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Farrar Straus Giroux
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2017.
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"A tender, smart, and romantic YA novel about a teenage boy on the autism spectrum who learns he is capable of love"--
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No matter how high functioning children with autism or Asperger's may be, they are going to have trouble with their sensory systems. Enter Jennifer McIlwee Myers, Aspie at Large! Author of How to Teach Life Skills to Kids with Autism or Asperger's and co-author of the groundbreaking book Asperger's and Girls, Jennifer's personal experience with autism and Sensory Processing Disorder makes her perspective doubly insightful.
Jennifer's straightforward...
18) Chester and Gus
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Chester has always wanted to become a service dog, but when he fails his certification test it seems like that dream will never come true, that is until a family adopts him to be a companion for their ten-year-old son, Gus, who has autism.
19) Slug days
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Pajama Press
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2017.
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Seeing the world very differently because of her Asperger syndrome, young Lauren struggles to navigate the challenges of school life and masters tricks to stay calm, understand others' feelings, and let her personality shine.
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I told autism in my family these vitamins and juice and muffins will help my son's brain get on the right channel it is supposed to be on. I told autism that you will not win in my family. I told autism that my son will make it. He will graduate high school and go to college. I told autism in my family my son will play sports, he will talk, and he will be on the same level as his peers. I told autism in my family I said "Bye, Felicia."
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