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Adults on the Autism
Spectrum Leave the Nest: Achieving Supported Independence. Nancy
Perry, $26.95
Children on the Autism Spectrum often grow up to find they are unable to cope effectively with the challenges of adult life. This book shows that, with the appropriate lifelong care from parents and caregivers, it is possible for those with neuro-developmental disabilities to achieve supported independence and live fulfilling adult lives. |
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Alone Together:
Making an Asperger Marriage Work. Katrin Bentley, $22.95
Alone Together shares the struggle
of one couple to rescue their marriage. It is uplifting and humorous,
and includes very practical and compassionate advice for making
an Asperger marriage succeed. This book offers couples hope, encouragement
and strategies for their own marriages. |
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An Asperger Dictionary
of Everyday Expressions, 2nd edition. Ian Stuart-Hamilton,
$27.95
This dictionary is designed to help ease
the confusion for anyone who has ever wondered why anybody would
wish to “kill two birds with one stone” or “pull themselves up by
their socks” by giving definitions of common everyday phrases and
guidance as to their level of politeness and appropriateness. |
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Asperger
Download: a Guide to Help Teenage Males with Asperger Syndrome Trouble-Shoot
Life’s Challenges. Josie and Damian Santomauro, $20.50
Written by a young man with Asperger
Syndrome and his mother, Asperger Download is a helpful
resource for adolescents that defines everyday terms — from abuse
to morals to zits — in a voice that other AS teens can relate to.
It is particularly relevant and authentic, because Damien has used
his personal experiences to create his own reflections on every
one of the definitions in the book. Asperger Download: a Guide
to Help Teenage Males with Asperger Syndrome Trouble-Shoot Life's
Challenges is appropriate for boys ages 11-16. |
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Asperger Syndrome
and Employment: a Personal Guide for Succeeding at Work.
Nick Dubin, $43.95 DVD format, 43 minutes
People with Asperger Syndrome can find
it difficult to work in an environment that involves socialization
with colleagues or a lack of routine. Asperger Syndrome and
Employment shows how success in the workplace is possible with
perseverance and with the right supports and strategies in place.
Nick Dubin discusses his own experiences at work and highlights
challenges common among employees with AS. Dubin advises how to
succeed in the workplace and offers practical advice on finding
employment in line with your interests, making use of job coaches,
developing self-esteem, using your strengths and being honest to
yourself and others about your weaknesses. |
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Asperger Syndrome: an Owner's Manual 2 for
Older Adolescents and Adults: What You, Your Parents and Friends,
and Your Employer, Need to Know. Ellen Heller Korin, $19.95
Asperger Syndrome: an Owner's
Manual 2 for Older Adolescents and Adults is the eagerly anticipated
sequel to Asperger Syndrome: an Owner's Manual. This interactive
workbook deals with issues that older adolescents and adults face,
such as relationships, marriage, independent living, employment,
and self-care. This much-needed resource is designed to inform and
support AS individuals as they come to grips with their strengths
and challenges and plan for a successful adulthood within the neurotypical
world. |
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Asperger Syndrome:
Transition to College and Work. Coulter Video, $44.95 DVD
format, 57 minutes
Asperger Syndrome: Transition to
College and Work offers practical steps that students can take
during high school to help them prepare for college and the work
place. The DVD includes techniques to help students understand their
role in the transition process; obtain special education services
at their college and to learn how to be self-advocates. Tips on
finding a career field that uses their interests, strengths and
talents round out this valuable and practical learning tool. |
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Asperger Syndrome at
Work: Success Strategies for Employees and Employers DVD. Coulter
Video, $44.95
Featuring interviews with employees who
have Asperger Syndrome and insights from their supervisors, co-workers
and job coaches, this DVD has a 45 minute program for job seekers
and a second, 23 minute program for employers on the benefits of
hiring someone with Asperger Syndrome. |
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The Aspie Teen’s
Survival Guide. J.D. Kraus, $21.50
Candid advice for teens, tweens and parents form a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome. From sensory issues to dating; from driving to social awkwardness — practical tips for getting the most out of middle and high school, academically and socially. |
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The Autism Spectrum
and Further Education: a Guide to Good Practice. Christine
Breakey, $34.95
This guide for professionals working
with students with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in further education
meets the increasing demand for information and support on this
subject. The Autism Spectrum and Further Education provides
useful guidelines and practical advice on teaching young adults
successfully and confidently, emphasizing the development of resources
and practical skills. The author covers all the key areas and offers
strategies and solutions for communicating effectively, helping
students to manage transition, and understanding and minimizing
problem behaviours as well as teaching social skills and self-awareness.
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The Autism Transition
Guide: Planning the Journey from School to Adult Life. Carolyn
Thorwath Bruey & Mary Beth Urban, $22.95
This practical and informative transition
planning resource provides ideas and strategies to prepare
students with autism for life beyond high school. |
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Becoming Remarkably
Able: Walking the Path to Talents, Interests, and Personal Growth.
Jackie Marquette, $25.95
Preparing youth with autism spectrum
for life after high school requires fresh thinking and new actions
from everyone involved. Becoming Remarkably Able is a system
of ongoing assessments with action steps, designed for family members
and professionals to guide an individual through an exploration
process to identify strengths and gifts that support emotional needs
and promote growth. This resource is helpful for individuals who
are high functioning as well as for those who have more significant
disabilities. With a focus on increased capability or independence,
Becoming Remarkably Able helps establish goals and pursue
paths for students in transition. |
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Beyond the Wall: Personal
Experiences with Autism and Asperger Syndrome.
Stephen Shore
, $22.95
A warm and remarkable journey into the
life of an “aspie”. |
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Blessing and a Curse: Autism and Me. Caiseal Mór,
$21.95
Growing up in Australia in the 1970s,
Caiseal Mór was labeled 'retarded' and 'an idiot', and his
parents were led to believe that physical punishment could cure
his autism. In this courageous and captivating autobiography, Mór
vividly captures his early experiences of dissociation from his
true existence — a common reaction by children suffering from repeated
abuse — and the various personas through which he lived through
in his teens and early adulthood. The rocky path towards discovering
his true identity and finally accepting himself takes him on a spiritual
pilgrimage via several different countries forming relationships
with people he meets but very often misjudges; to the revelation
— the awakening — of love and acceptance. |
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Career Training
and Personal Planning for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders:
a Practical Resource for Schools. Vicki Lundine & Catherine
Smith, $52.95 
This training program for teachers and
carers assesses ASD students’ strengths and abilities, fears and
challenges and helps them acquire the skills necessary for a smooth
transition from school to employment. The authors give guidance
on developing life skills for employability and independent living,
for example, hygiene, time and money management, communication skills,
decision-making and setting and achieving realistic goals. They
also clearly define the role of parents, job coaches and employers
and stress that students are empowered by appropriate support from
collaborative, informed teams.
The career program enables students to find out about and explore
career options, know how and where to search for a job and how to
understand job advertisements. The sections on career preparation
include strategies for writing resumes, filling in application forms,
compiling career portfolios and conduct at interviews. The authors
also cover topics such as punctuality and appropriate behavior in
the workplace itself.
This practical teaching resource is packed
with lesson plans, implementation procedures, interactive activities
and photocopy-ready worksheets, and can be taught over one year
or three years. |
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Coming Out Asperger:
Diagnosis, Disclosure and Self-Confidence. Dinah Murray,
editor, $26.95
Coming Out Asperger explores the complexity of diagnosis
for Asperger Syndrome, the drawbacks and benefits of disclosing
a diagnosis of a "hidden disability," and how this impinges
on self-esteem. The ever-difficult question of who to tell and when
once a diagnosis has been confirmed is discussed in great depth.
Liane Holliday Willey and Stephen Shore examine the dynamics of
disclosure, its risks and the possible effect on self-confidence.
Jacqui Jackson looks at how a diagnosis impacts upon family life.
Tony Attwood provides a clinician's view of diagnosing adults, and
Lynne Moxon, Wendy Lawson, Dora Georgiou and Jane Meyerding discuss
adult issues surrounding disclosure, including how to deal with
relationships and sexuality, and disclosure in the workplace, as
well as social and disability issues. A unique and fascinating insight
into the important issue of diagnosis disclosure, this book is an
essential guide for people with AS, parents, teachers, professionals
and all those who have ever felt confused about revealing a personal
issue.
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Counselling
for Asperger Couples. Barrie Thompson, $49.95
Counselling for Asperger Couples
provides a complete model for counselling couples where one partner
has Asperger Syndrome. The book offers a wealth of valuable advice
on improving communication and cooperation and includes photocopy-ready
activity sheets that couples can fill in and use to help understand
each other better. Strategies and visual aids are also offered for
dealing with or preventing anticipated future miscommunications.
This book will also be useful to teachers
wanting better communication with AS pupils or parents wanting better
communication with an AS child. |
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Creative
Expressive Activities and Asperger’s Syndrome: Social and Emotional
Skills and Positive Life Goals for Adolescents and Young Adults.
Judith Martinovich, $19.95
Integrating psychological and educational
theory with a variety of creative therapies, Judith Martinovich
combines activities such as art making, drama, music, puppetry,
yoga and photography with conventional cognitive-behavioural interventions
to support individuals with AS. |
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Developing Talents:
Careers for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome and High-Functioning
Autism, Revised Edition. Temple Grandin & Kate Duffy, $22.95
This career planning guide is written
specifically for high-functioning adolescents and young adults
on the autism spectrum, their families, teachers, and counselors.
The two authors weave together a unique blend of information
and advice based on personal experiences. Temple Grandin draws
from her own experience with autism spectrum disorders and
her professional career, and Kate Duffy uses her expertise
on employment issues and the mother of two teenagers with autistic-like
behaviors. The result is an extremely useful and practical
book that introduces step-by-step processes for the job search
with a major section on the impact ASD has in the workplace,
including managing sensory problems, how to nurture and turn
talents and special interests into paid work, jobs that are
particularly suited to individuals on the spectrum, and much
more. First-hand accounts of job experiences and advice from
individuals representing a broad range of careers particularly
suited for high-functioning individuals on the autism spectrum
round off this exciting new resource. |
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Exploring Bullying with Adults with Asperger Syndrome: a Photocopiable Workbook. Anna Tickle & Bettina Stott, $52.95
Bullying is a serious and pervasive issue for people with autism and Asperger Syndrome. This photocopiable workbook encourages adults who have been involved with bullying — as victims or perpetrators — to explore what bullying is, the effects it can have and how it can be tackled successfully.
The book comprises a general introduction to bullying, followed by sections that examine the issue from the perspectives of victim and perpetrator. It also recognizes that while people on the spectrum are all too often bullied for being 'different', character traits such as difficulty with empathy mean they may unintentionally bully others.
This practical book can be worked through independently or with any of the wide range of professionals involved in supporting an adult with autism or Asperger Syndrome and other learning disabilities, to reach a new level of understanding about bullying. |
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Families
of Adults with Autism: Stories and Advice for the Next Generation.
Edited by Jane Johnson & Anne Van Rensselaer, $19.95
Families of Adults with Autism
is a collection of real-life stories of people on the autism spectrum
growing up, as told by their parents and siblings. This book will
offer practical and heartwarming advice to families who are affected
by autism spectrum disorders, and provide insights for professionals
working with people with ASDs. |
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A ‘5’ Is Against
the Law! Social Boundaries Straight Up: an Honest Guide for Teens
and Young Adults. Kari Dunn Buron, $21.95
Building on her popular 5-Point Scale,
Kari Dunn Buron takes a narrower look at challenging behavior with
a particular focus on behaviors that can spell trouble for adolescents
and young adults who have difficulty understanding and maintaining
social boundaries. The notion behind the 5-point scale is to take
an idea or behavior and break it into five parts to make it easier
to understand the different degrees of behavior and, eventually,
the consequences of one's behavior … Using a direct and simple style
with lots of examples and hands-on activities, A ‘5’ Is Against
the Law speaks directly to adolescents and young adults. |
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The
Game of My Life: a True Story of Challenge, Triumph and Growing
Up Autistic. Jason “J-Mac” McElwain, with Daniel Paisner,
$26.50
The incredible true story of one high
school student's determination to triumph against the challenges
of autism-and his opponents on the basketball court...
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Getting
to Grips with Asperger Syndrome: Understanding Adults on the Autism
Spectrum. Carol Hagland, $21.95
Getting to Grips with Asperger Syndrome is a practical, problem-solving guide for those caring for or supporting an adult with Asperger Syndrome (AS). It will help them understand the condition and the difficulties it may cause, so that they can offer support in the most beneficial way. Easy-to-read and accessible, this book is a useful reference for friends and family of individuals with AS, as well as health and social care staff and students, whatever the level of training and experience.
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Growing Up On the Spectrum: a Guide to Life, Love and Learning for Teens and Young Adults with Autism and Asperger’s. Lynn Kern Koegel & Claire LaZebnik, $20.00
Adolescence is a fraught time for any child and there is little easily accessible information available on how to guide adolescents on the autism spectrum to independent and successful adulthood. Addressing universal parental concerns, from first crushes, a changing body, and the challenges of being socially appropriate to how to succeed at college and beyond, this inspiring volume offers a collection of practical insights that parents, therapists and educators will be able to use with confidence.
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The Guide to Dating
for Teenagers with Asperger Syndrome. Jeannie Uhlenkamp, $20.95
Everything you have been looking for in a dating guide for teenagers
on the Autism spectrum … and more! |
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How to Be Yourself
in a World That's Different: an Asperger's Syndrome Study Guide
for Adolescents. Yuko Yoshida, $17.95
How to Be Yourself in a World That's
Different is an accessible guide to Asperger's Syndrome (AS)
written for young readers who have been diagnosed with AS and other
autism spectrum conditions. |
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How to Find Work that
Works for People with Asperger Syndrome. Gail Hawkins, $29.95
A great guide for helping people with
Asperger syndrome get into the workplace and keeping them there. |
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How to Start a Conversation
and Make Friends. Don Gabor, $16.00
Break through the shyness barrier, be a better speaker, meet more people and make new friends. How to Start a Conversation shows you how communicate with confidence, wit and enthusiasm in person or on the phone, one-on-one or in groups. |
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Incentives for Change:
Motivating People with Autism Spectrum Disorders to Learn and Gain
Independence
. Lara Delmolino & Sandra Harris, $20.95
A comprehensive and readable guide for
parents, educators, clinicians and others who are working to encourage
independence and self-management skills in children and adults with
autism. |
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Intricate Minds:
Understanding Classmates with Asperger Syndrome. Coulter,
DVD, $33.95 (12 minutes)
Candid interviews with teenagers designed to promote positive interactions
between classmates and reduce harassment and bullying. This innovative
programme takes viewers “inside” AS, with demonstrations to help
them see things from the point of view of teens with Asperger Syndrome.
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Job Success
for Persons with Developmental Disabilities. David
Wiegan, $38.95
The majority of persons with developmental
disabilities are unemployed, underemployed, or still work in
sheltered programs where it is almost impossible to reach their
full potential. Job success is possible, but it requires a
system based on a business model, rather than the traditional
social services model. Job Success for Persons with Developmental
Disabilities demonstrates that by employing a step-by-step
procedure for gaining insight into the client, analyzing market
opportunities, matching the client to a job, and supporting
the client after placement, service providers can help individuals
make a successful transition into good community-based employment. |
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Life Beyond the Classroom: Transition Strategies
for Young People with Disabilities, Fourth Edition. Paul
Wehman, $82.50
This fourth edition of Life Beyond
the Classroom brings together current, comprehensive information
on facilitating transitions for young people with mild, moderate,
or severe disabilities … Readers will also get updated information
throughout the book on transition planning, ensuring access to the
general education curriculum, pursuing post-secondary education,
helping individuals secure housing, meeting the specific needs of
young people with a range of disabilities, and navigating the complex
challenges of transition. |
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Life and Love:
Positive Strategies for Autistic Adults. Zosia Zaks, $22.95
Written for adults on the spectrum and
those involved – parents, spouses, friends – this book is divided
into two sections: life and love. In the life section, the author
describes and suggests concrete ways to deal with daily living.
In the love section, the author includes a broad spectrum of suggestions
for different types of relationships and weaves these together with
the core concept of self-esteem. |
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Living Well On the Spectrum: How to Use Your Strengths to Meet the Challenges of Asperger Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism. Valerie Gaus, $24.50
Navigating the "neurotypical" world with Asperger syndrome or high-functioning autism (AS/HFA) can be extremely stressful. But by understanding the specific ways your brain works differently — and how to tap into your personal strengths — you can greatly enhance your well-being. This wise and practical book helps you identify goals that will make your life better and take concrete steps to achieve them. Grounded in psychological science, the techniques in this book help you:
- Learn the unspoken rules of social situations
- Improve your communication skills
- Get organized at home and at work
- Manage anxiety and depression
- Strengthen your relationships with family and friends
- Live more successfully on your own or with others.
A wealth of stories, questionnaires, worksheets, and concrete examples help you find personalized solutions to problems you are likely to encounter. |
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Living
with ASD: Adolescence and Beyond: Helping People on the Autism Spectrum
Navigate to and Through Adulthood. Autism Ontario, $30.00
This adult manual is the result of a collaborative effort of individuals
with ASD, parents and professionals working in the autism field.
It covers a wide range of topics including sexuality, dual diagnosis,
transitions, future planning and living options.
What emerges is a panoramic picture of
the challenges adults with ASDs face, the resources and community
supports available to them, and their triumphs and hopes as they
learn to navigate the world with independence. |
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Love, Sex and
Long-Term Relationships: What People with Asperger Syndrome Really
Really Want. Sarah Hendrickx, $24.95
Many people on the autism spectrum have limited knowledge of how
to establish or conduct sexual relationships: drawing on extensive
research with people on the autism spectrum, the book openly explores
the desires, needs and preferences of people with AS in their own
words. Attitudes to issues such as gender, sexual identity and infidelity
are included, as well as positive advice for developing relationships
and exploring options and choices for sexual pleasure.
This accessible book is an invaluable source of information and
support for those with Asperger Syndrome and couples in which one
or both partners has Asperger Syndrome, as well as counselors and
health and social care professionals.
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Making Sense
of Sex: a Forthright Guide to Puberty, Sex and Relationships for People
with Asperger's Syndrome. Sarah Attwood, $22.95
For people with Asperger's syndrome
it can be a challenge to get to grips with the social and emotional
aspects of puberty, sex and relationships. Making Sense of Sex
is a thorough guide written in unambiguous language with helpful
diagrams, explanations and practical advice for young people approaching
puberty and beyond. This book is ideal for those who need clear,
detailed explanations and direct answers to the many questions raised
by puberty and sexual maturity. |
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Managing
with Asperger Syndrome. Malcolm Johnson, $24.95
This insider account provides much-needed
information for and about people with AS who work in management
positions — with useful examples and guidance on coping with the
pressures and demands of the workplace. |
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Managing My Money: Banking and Budgeting Basics. Natalie Hale, $43.95
Managing My Money is a handy workbook that teaches banking and budgeting basics to teens and adults who can use a calculator and have math and handwriting skills at a a first-grade level or higher. A handy CD-ROM makes it easy to print out additional forms.
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Middle School:
the Stuff Nobody Tells You About. Haley Moss, $19.50
A teenage girl with high-functioning autism shares her experiences. |
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Parents with Intellectual Disabilities Past, Present and Futures. Edited by Gwynneth Llewellyn, et al, $59.95
The first international, cross-disciplinary book to explore and understand the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities, their children, and the systems and services they encounter. The book presents a unique, pan-disciplinary overview of this growing field of study and offers a human rights approach to disability and family life. Informed by the newly adopted UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006), the book provides comprehensive research-based knowledge from leading figures in the field of intellectual disability. |
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Personal Hygiene? What’s
That Got to Do With Me? Pat Crissey, $22.95
This book is full of fun cartoons that
show the reader exactly what to do to look and smell good, have
clean teeth and stay healthy. |
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The Power
to Spring UP: Postsecondary Education Opportunities for Students
with Significant Disabilities. Diana
Katovitch, $30.95
The Power to Spring Up makes
it clear that education and learning after high school are
both possible and beneficial for students with significant
disabilities, giving them better job opportunities and more
fulfilling lives.
This guide to PSE options is designed
for students ages 14 and up with a variety of disabilities, including
autism spectrum disorders (ASD), Down syndrome, traumatic brain
injury and cerebral palsy as well as for their families, advocates,
and secondary school professionals. Not only does the author
provide important practical information and guidance, she also
inspires families, giving them renewed hope in their child’s
future and the possibilities for them to continue learning and
gaining independence into adulthood. |
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Preparing for
Life: The Complete Guide for Transitioning to Adulthood for those
with Autism/Asperger's Syndrome. Jed Baker, $37.50
The author of the best-selling Social
Skills Picture Book now speaks to the growing challenge of
social skills in young, and-not-so-young, adults with autism/Asperger's
Syndrome. Often the barrier to success, the lack of social skills
can be frustrating and a very real challenge. This easy-to-follow
resource provides a complete toolbox of skills that can open doors
to opportunities. Includes sections on perspective taking, non-verbal
communication, conversational skills, goal setting, and stress management. |
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Realizing the
College Dream with Autism or Asperger Syndrome: a Parent’s Guide
to Student Success. Ann Palmer, $24.95
Realizing the college dream begins in
the primary years. Ann Palmer, a board member of the Autism Society
of North Carolina with 11 years experience working with families
of individuals with autism at TEACCH, has written an accessible
and comprehensive guide that emphasizes the benefits of planning
ahead. This highly invitational book is excellent reading for parents
considering their child’s path to higher education and how to prepare
them for the transition form home life, social integration and academic
pressure, self-disclosure and a successful, independent life. |
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Running
on Dreams. Herb Heiman, $22.95
In Running on Dreams, two middle-school
boys are tossed together in a story of teenage angst, confusion,
and friendship. For adolescents with autism and their neuro-typical
peers alike, the book is written from both Justin's and Brad's perspectives
as they struggle to understand each other and themselves. Join Brad
and Justin as they embark upon several teen benchmarks: the first
date, rejection by peers, family pressure to succeed, fitting in
with the "right" crowd, experiencing teenage sexuality,
and dealing with the "outsider kid" who is perceived as
"not cool." Running on Dreams captures many bittersweet
and humorous events that bring new insight to a familiar world -
the world of two boys whose relationship starts out turbulent but
evolves into a friendship of loyalty and trust. |
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A Self-Determined
Future with Asperger Syndrome: Solution Focused Approaches.
E. Veronica Bliss & Genevieve Edmonds, $22.95
A Self-Determined Future with Asperger
Syndrome presents an empowering, practical approach to helping
people with Asperger Syndrome to succeed at college, at work, at
home and in life. The authors highlight how treating AS as a 'problem'
is unproductive, and advocate a solution focused approach which
recognizes and uses the strengths of people with AS to foster mutual
respect and understanding.
This book will be of interest to people
who are affected by AS, their families, and the people who work
with them. |
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Sex, Sexuality and
the Autism Spectrum. Wendy Lawson, $24.95
Personal, practical, witty and frank,
this is an exploration of how differing cognitive styles and sensory
profiles can impact on communicating and connecting in intimate
relationships. |
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The Social
Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond. Jed Baker,
$42.50
The Social Skills Picture Book for
High School and Beyond offers parents and educators of teens
(and young adults) photos of actual students engaging in a variety
of social situations. This visual learning format shows, rather
than tells, students the right (and wrong) ways to interact in different
circumstances. The photos illustrate the positive and the negative
consequences of social interactions in a wide variety of real-life
situations that are important to teens. |
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Social Thinking at Work: Why Should I
Care? Michelle Garcia Winner & Pamela Crooke,
$23.95
A guidebook for understanding and
navigating the social complexities of the workplace, SOCIAL THINKING AT WORK
describes the inner workings of the social mind in the workplace. The book
helps you to decode the hidden rules of the social world by explaining how we
think about our own, as well as other people's thoughts and emotions. |
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S.T.A.R.S.: a Social
Skills Training Guide for Teaching Assertiveness, Relationship Skills
and Sexual Awareness. Susan Heighway & Susan Kidd Webster,
$21.50
Specially designed for teaching adolescents and adults with developmental disabilities, the STARS model focuses on four areas: Understanding Relationships, Social Skills Training, Sexual Awareness and Assertiveness—with the goals of promoting positive sexuality and preventing sexual abuse. Assessment tools help identify the strengths and needs of each individual, and then the activities can be catered to address specific needs. Goals and activities cover a variety of important skills:
• Building a Positive Self-Image • Making Choices • Learning Relationship-Appropriate Behaviors • Engaging in Mature Relationships • Identifying Body Parts and Understanding Their Functions • Understanding Public and Private Behavior • Understanding Sexual Feelings and Behaviors • Understanding Reproduction • Health Issues Related to Sexual Awareness • Recognizing a Situation as Potentially Unsafe • Learning to Say “No” and Using Basic Self-Protection • And many more! |
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Succeeding in College
with Asperger Syndrome: a Student Guide. John Harpur, Maria
Lawlor & Michael Fitzgerald, $24.95
A much-needed guide for college and university
students with AS on how to prepare successfully for studying and
exams, interacting with staff and fellow students, coping with expectations
and pressures and understanding their academic and domestic responsibilities. |
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Success Strategies for Students
with Asperger Syndrome & Autism. Geneva Centre for Autism,
$49.95 DVD format
Many students with Asperger syndrome
and autism have demonstrated that with effective transition
strategies and informal support systems, secondary school can
be a rich and productive experience. Success Strategies
for Students with Asperger Syndrome & Autism offers
a framework for supporting these students with simple common
sense solutions.
Strategies such as a reduced course load, a designated place
to de-stress and the use of laptops and other technologies can
make the difference between opting out of a program and thriving
in secondary school and beyond.
The DVD includes an introduction to Asperger syndrome for classroom
teachers, an ideal six minute orientation for teachers and other
staff with little experience with students with Asperger Syndrome.
DVD Chapters:
- Introduction
- Transition Planning
- Secondary School Success Strategies
- Intro
- Assign
an Adult As a Safe Supporter
- Establish
a Safe Haven
- Self
Advocacy and Self-Disclosure
- Detailed
Schedules
- Reduced
Course Load and Homework
- The
Hidden Curriculum
- Academic
Accommodations
- Asperger Syndrome — a
Primer for Classroom Teachers
- Resources
This DVD is exclusively distributed
by Parentbooks in Canada and by Autism
Asperger Publishing Company (AAPC) in the US.
Also available in French — Stratégies
de succès pour les élèves ayant le syndrome
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Survival Strategies
for People on the Autism Spectrum. Marc Fleisher, $24.95
Marc Fleisher's new self-help guide for autistic teenagers and adults
will help readers improve their quality of life and overcome many
everyday challenges, be it through the acquisition of independent
living skills, developing a more varied and fulfilling social life,
or mastering a course in higher education and broadening one's opportunities
for the future.
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Take Control of
Asperger’s Syndrome: the Official Strategy Guide for Teens
with Asperger Syndrome and Nonverbal Learning Disorder.
Janet Price & Jennifer Engel Fisher, $18.95
A unique handbook for older kids and for teens on taking control of their strengths in order to succeed at school, make friends and navigate life’s challenges.
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Think College! Postsecondary Education
Options for Students with Intellectual Disabilities.
Meg Grigal & Debra
Hart, $45.95
More and more students with intellectual
disabilities are "thinking college." That
means high schools, colleges, and universities must be fully prepared to meet
the needs of students with disabilities—and this comprehensive
resource is just what they need. Developed by two of the most respected
experts on this hot topic, this book uncovers the big picture of today's
postsecondary options and reveals how to support students with disabilities
before, during, and after a successful transition to college. |
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Understanding
Death and Illness and What They Teach About Life: an Interactive
Guide for Individuals with Autism or Asperger’s and their Loved
Ones. Catherine Faherty, $26.50
With Understanding Death and Illness
and What They Teach About Life, family and professionals have
guidance for these important, but difficult, conversations. Author
Catherine Faherty offers detailed, concrete explanations of illness,
dying, losing a pet, and more. The Communication Forms following
each short topic will engage learners and include them in the conversation,
allowing them to share personal experiences, thoughts, and concerns.
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The Way
to Work: How to Facilitate Work Experiences for Youth in Transition.
Richard Luecking, $41.95
This practical guide was designed to help educators, transition and employment specialists facilitate satisfying work experiences and jobs for high school students and young adults with disabilities. Complete with examples of model programs, photocopy-ready forms and tools and reflective questions and activities. |
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Women
from Another Planet? Our Lives in the Universe of Autism. Jean
Kearns Miller, $23.95
A collection of poems, stories and reflections
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Complete
Booklist
Adolescence
Asperger Download: a Guide to Help Teenage Males
with Asperger Syndrome Trouble-Shoot Life’s Challenges. Josie
and Damian Santomauro, $20.50
Written by a young man with Asperger
Syndrome and his mother, Asperger Download is a helpful resource
for adolescents that defines everyday terms — from abuse to morals to
zits — in a voice that other AS teens can relate to.
Asperger Syndrome, Adolescence and
Identity: Looking Beyond the Label. Harvey Molloy & Latika
Vasil, $19.95
An authentic and fascinating look at the lives of teenagers and how
AS has shaped their growing identities.
Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence:
Helping Preteens and Teens Get Ready for the Real World. Teresa
Bolick, $16.95
With anecdotes from dozens of teens with AS and practical, easy-follow
advice, this books helps teens and parents navigate the confusion of the
teen years with grace and optimism.
Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence: Practical Solutions
for School Success. B. Smith Myles & D. Adreon, $24.95
Practical, proven solutions for AS teens as they navigate the turbulent
years leading to adulthood.
Asperger Syndrome in Adolescence: Living with the
Ups, the Downs and the Things in Between. Edited by Liane Holliday Willey,
$24.95
Reflecting the experiences of parents, professionals and youth with
AS, this book tackles issues such as sexuality, depression, friendship,
disclosure and therapeutic alternatives.
Asperger Syndrome: an Owner's Manual 2 for Older
Adolescents and Adults: What You, Your Parents and Friends, and Your Employer,
Need to Know. Ellen Heller Korin, $19.95
This interactive workbook deals with issues that older adolescents
and adults face, such as relationships, marriage, independent living,
employment, and self-care.
Asperger’s Syndrome, Volume 2: Anger
Management; Teaching Teachers; Teenage Issues. Tony Attwood,
$119.95 DVD
Tony Attwood offers concrete counsel in these three important inter-related
areas.
The Aspie Teen’s Survival Guide. J.D.
Kraus, $21.50
Candid advice for teens, tweens and parents from a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome.
The Autism Transition Guide: Planning the Journey from
School to Adult Life. Carolyn Thorwath Bruey & Mary Beth Urban,
$22.95
This practical and informative transition planning resource provides ideas
and strategies to prepare students with autism for life beyond high school.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in
the Night-Time. Mark Haddon, $10.99
Christopher John Francis Boone is 15 years old, knows all the countries
of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7, 057. He
cannot stand to be touched and he detests the colour yellow. In this remarkable
novel, the captivating story of Christopher’s quest to solve a mystery
offers the reader a rare glimpse into a different kind of mind.
Exploring Bullying with Adults with Asperger Syndrome: a Photocopiable Workbook. Anna Tickle & Bettina Stott, $52.95
This photocopiable workbook encourages adults who have been involved with bullying — as victims or perpetrators — to explore what bullying is, the effects it can have and how it can be tackled successfully.
A ‘5’ Is Against the Law! Social Boundaries Straight
Up: an Honest Guide for Teens and Young Adults. Kari Dunn Buron,
$21.95
Building on her popular 5-Point Scale, Kari Dunn Buron takes
a narrower look at challenging behavior with a particular focus on behaviors
that can spell trouble for adolescents and young adults who have difficulty
understanding and maintaining social boundaries.
Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome: a User Guide
to Adolescence. Luke Jackson, $22.95
Author Luke Jackson is a teen with AS who has advice and guidance
to offer on bullying, friendships, disclosure, school, dating, morality,
physical changes and more.
The Game of My Life: a True Story of
Challenge, Triumph and Growing Up Autistic. Jason “J-Mac” McElwain,
with Daniel Paisner, $26.50
An autistic teenager’s hoop dreams come true.
Getting to Grips with Asperger Syndrome:
Understanding Adults on the Autism Spectrum. Carol
Hagland, $21.95
A useful reference for friends and family of individuals with AS, as well as health and social care staff and students, whatever the level of training and experience.
Growing Up On the Spectrum: a Guide
to Life, Love and Learning for Teens and Young Adults with Autism and
Asperger’s. Lynn Kern
Koegel & Claire LaZebnik, $20.00
A guide to life, love and learning
for teens and young adults with autism and Asperger’s. with chapters
on friendships, romance, school, college and life skills.
Growing Up with Autism or Aspergers.
Together for Autism/Autism Ontario, 120 minutes, DVD format, $20.00
Great information for parents and teachers, an encouraging experience
for adolescents with ASD's, particularly with respect to surviving the
challenge of high school society. A great tool for facilitating social
communication groups.
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Haze. Kathy Hoopman, $13.95
An intriguing novel for youth that weaves the facts of Asperger Syndrome
throughout, while entertaining with a solid tale of mystery.
How to Be Yourself in a World That's Different:
an Asperger's Syndrome Study Guide for Adolescents. Yuko Yoshida,
$17.95
An accessible guide to Asperger's Syndrome (AS) written for young readers
who have been diagnosed with AS and other autism spectrum conditions.
Intricate Minds: Understanding Classmates with
Asperger Syndrome. Coulter, DVD, (12 minutes), $33.95
Candid interviews with teenagers designed to promote positive interactions
between classmates and reduce harassment and bullying.
Living with ASD: Adolescence and Beyond:
Helping People on the Autism Spectrum Navigate to and Through Adulthood.
Autism Ontario, $30.00
This adult manual is the result of a collaborative effort of individuals
with ASD, parents and professionals working in the autism field. It covers
a wide range of topics including sexuality, dual diagnosis, transitions,
future planning and living options.
Personal Hygiene? What’s That Got to Do With Me?
Pat Crissey, $22.95
This book is full of fun cartoons that show the reader exactly what
to do to look and smell good, have clean teeth and stay healthy.
Preparing for Life: the Complete Guide for Transitioning
to Adulthood for those with Autism/Asperger's Syndrome. Jed Baker,
$37.50
This easy-to-follow resource provides a complete toolbox of
skills that can open doors to opportunities. Includes sections on perspective
taking, non-verbal communication, conversational skills, goal setting,
and stress management.
The Social Skills Picture Book for High School
and Beyond. Jed Baker, $42.50
This visual learning format shows, rather than tells, students the
right (and wrong) ways to interact in different circumstances.
Survival Strategies for People on the Autism Spectrum.
Marc Fleisher, $24.95
Marc Fleisher's new self-help guide for autistic teenagers and adults
will help readers improve their quality of life and overcome many everyday
challenges, be it through the acquisition of independent living skills,
developing a more varied and fulfilling social life, or mastering a course
in higher education and broadening one's opportunities for the future.
Take Control of Asperger’s Syndrome: the
Official Strategy Guide for Teens with Asperger’s Syndrome and Nonverbal
Learning Disorder. Janet Price & Jennifer Engel Fisher, $18.95
A unique handbook for older kids and for teens on taking control of their strengths in order to succeed at school, make friends and navigate life’s challenges.
Taking Care of Myself: a Hygiene, Puberty and Personal
Curriculum for Young People with Autism. Mary Wrobel, $26.50
This unique combination of social stories and easy-to-understand activities
is directed toward youth with lower functioning autism and developmental
delays. It covers issues of health, hygiene, puberty, personal safety
and more.
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Family Life
& Relationships
Alone Together: Making an Asperger Marriage Work.
Katrin Bentley, $22.95
Includes very practical and compassionate advice for making an Asperger
marriage succeed. This book offers couples hope, encouragement and strategies
for their own marriages.
An Asperger Marriage. Gisela & Christopher
Slater-Walker, $24.95
Recommended reading for couples and professionals working with relationship
difficulties, An Asperger Marriage offers a tender look at a disability
some regard as incompatible with marriage.
Asperger Syndrome and Long Term Relationships.
Ashley Stanford, $24.95
By exploring AS traits one-by-one, Ashley Stanford shows how understanding
the intentions, motivations and reasoning behind certain AS behaviours
can ead to better communication, relief of tension and ultimately a
happier, more fulfilling relationship.
Asperger Syndrome—A Love Story. Sarah
Hendrickx & Keith Newton, $22.95
Seeking to challenge the bad press that people with Asperger Syndrome
get as partners, Sarah and Keith tell their story of how they are making
it work—and also how they got it wrong—with disarming frankness and humour.
Aspergers in Love: Couple Relationships and Family
Affairs. Maxine Aston, $26.95
An in-depth look at issues like trust, communication, sex and intimacy
in the AS relationship.
Counselling for Asperger Couples.
Barrie Thompson, $49.95
The book offers a wealth of valuable advice on improving communication
and cooperation and includes photocopy-ready activity sheets that couples
can fill in and use to help understand each other better.
Families of Adults with Autism: Stories
and Advice for the Next Generation. Edited by Jane Johnson &
Anne Van Rensselaer, $19.95
A collection of real-life stories of people on the autism spectrum
growing up, as told by their parents and siblings.
The Guide to Dating for Teenagers with Asperger Syndrome.
Jeannie Uhlenkamp, $21.95
Everything you have been looking for in a dating guide for teenagers
on the Autism spectrum … and more!
How to Start a Conversation
and Make Friends. Don Gabor, $16.00
Break through the shyness barrier, be a better speaker, meet more people and make new friends. Communicate with confidence, wit and enthusiasm in person or on the phone, one-on-one or in groups.
Life and Love: Positive Strategies for Autistic
Adults. Zosia Zaks, $22.95
Living and Loving with Asperger Syndrome:
Family Viewpoints. Patrick, Estelle & Jared McCabe, $24.95
Patrick McCabe has Asperger Syndrome and in this unique book, the reader
has the opportunity see what life is like both as — and with — an AS husband
and father.
The Other Half of Asperger Syndrome: a Guide to
Living in an Intimate Relationship with a Partner Who Has Asperger Syndrome.
Maxine Aston, $11.95
With extraordinary insight and a positive attitude, Maxine Aston delivers
strategies for successful relationships in this guide for couples and
counselors.
Parents with Intellectual Disabilities Past, Present and Futures. Edited by Gwynneth Llewellyn, et al, $59.95
The first international, cross-disciplinary book to explore and understand the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities, their children, and the systems and services they encounter.
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School, Work
and Leisure
Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories
of College Students with Autism. Edited by Dawn Prince-Hughes,
$20.50
Asperger Syndrome at Work: Success Strategies for Employees
and Employers DVD. Coulter Video, $44.95
A 45 minute program for job seekers and a
23 minute program for employers on the benefits of hiring someone
with Asperger Syndrome.
Asperger Syndrome Employment Workbook.
Roger Meyer, $40.95
This practical manual will enable adults with Asperger syndrome and
high functioning autism to identify their strengths, talents and personal
needs and appreciate their value as working individuals.
Asperger Syndrome and Employment: a Personal Guide
to Succeeding at Work DVD. Nick Dubin, $43.95
Dubin, who has AS, “…offers practical advice on finding employment
in line with your interests, making use of job coaches, developing self-esteem,
using your strengths and being hones to yourself and others about your
weaknesses.
Asperger Syndrome: Transition to College and Work
DVD. Coulter Video, $44.95
The program includes techniques to help students understand their role
in the transition process, obtain special education services at the college
level, learn to be self advocates, and focus on finding a career field
which uses their interests and talents.
Autism and the Transition to Adulthood: Success
Beyond the Classroom. Paul Wehman, Marcia Datlow Smith &
Carol Schall, $40.95
Compelling stories throughout Autism and
the Transition to Adulthood illustrate how successful transition planning
improved the lives of three diverse teenagers.
The Autism Spectrum and Further Education: a Guide
to Good Practice. Christine Breakey,
$34.95
The author covers all the key areas and offers strategies and solutions
for communicating effectively, helping students to manage transition,
and understanding and minimizing problem behaviours as well as teaching
social skills and self-awareness.
Becoming Remarkably Able: Walking the Path to Talents,
Interests and Personal Growth. Jackie Marquette, $25.95
A system of ongoing assessments with action steps, designed for family
members and professionals to guide an individual through an exploration
process to identify strengths and gifts that support emotional needs and
promote growth.
Career Training and Personal Planning for Students
with Autism Spectrum Disorders: a Practical Resource for Schools.
Vicki Lundine & Catherine Smith, $52.95
The authors give guidance on developing life skills for employability
and independent living, for example, hygiene, time and money management,
communication skills, decision-making and setting and achieving realistic
goals. They also clearly define the role of parents, job coaches and employers
and stress that students are empowered by appropriate support from collaborative,
informed teams.
Creative Expressive Activities and
Asperger’s Syndrome: Social and Emotional Skills and Positive Life Goals
for Adolescents and Young Adults. Judith Martinovich, $19.95
Judith Martinovich combines activities such as art making, drama, music,
puppetry, yoga and photography with conventional cognitive-behavioural
interventions to support individuals with AS.
Developing Leisure Time Skills for Persons with
Autism: a Practical Approach for Home, School and Community.
Phyllis Coyne, Colleen Nyberg & Mary Lou Vendenburg, $31.95
A structured, comprehensive approach to developing leisure interests
and skills for home, school and community, from early childhood to adulthood,
for individuals with autism.
Developing Talents: Careers for Individuals with Asperger
Syndrome and High-Functioning Autism, Revised Edition. Temple Grandin
& Kate Duffy, $22.95
Employment for Individuals with Asperger Syndrome
or Non-Verbal Learning Disability: Stories and Strategies. Yvona
Fast, et al, $31.95
Practical and technical advice on everything from job hunting to interview
techniques, from “fitting in” with colleagues to disclosures issues, this
book guides the NLD or AS reader toward a successful employment experience.
How to Find Work that Works for People with Asperger
Syndrome. Gail Hawkins, $29.95
A great guide for helping people with Asperger Syndrome get into the
workplace and keeping them there. Canadian author.
Job Success for Persons with Developmental
Disabilities. David Wiegan, $38.95
By employing a step-by-step procedure for gaining insight into the client,
analyzing market opportunities, matching the client to a job, and supporting
the client after placement, service providers can help individuals make
a successful transition into good community-based employment.
Life Beyond the Classroom: Transition Strategies
for Young People with Disabilities, Fourth Edition. Paul Wehman,
$82.50
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Making Self-Employment Work for People
with Disabilities. Cary Griffin & David Hammis, $52.95
A thorough and uplifting guidebook for helping individuals with disabilities
turn small business ideas into success stories.
Managing My Money: Banking and Budgeting Basics. Natalie Hale, $43.95
A handy workbook that teaches banking and budgeting basics to teens and adults who can use a calculator and have math and handwriting skills at a a first-grade level or higher.
Managing with Asperger Syndrome.
Malcolm Johnson, $24.95
This insider account provides much-needed information for and about
people with AS who work in management positions — with useful examples
and guidance on coping with the pressures and demands of the workplace.
Middle School: the Stuff Nobody Tells You About.
Haley Moss, $19.50
A teenage girl with high-functioning autism shares her experiences.
The Power to Spring UP: Postsecondary Education
Opportunities for Students with Significant Disabilities. Diana
Katovitch, $30.95
This guide to PSE options is designed for students ages 14 and up with
a variety of disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders (ASD), Down
syndrome, traumatic brain injury and cerebral palsy as well as for their
families, advocates, and secondary school professionals.
Realizing the College Dream with Autism or Asperger
Syndrome: a Parent’s Guide to Student Success. Ann Palmer, $24.95
This highly invitational book is excellent reading for parents considering
their child’s path to higher education and how to prepare them for the
transition form home life, social integration and academic pressure, self-disclosure
and a successful, independent life.
Running on Dreams. Herb Heiman,
$22.95
Two middle-school boys are tossed together in a story of teenage angst,
confusion, and friendship.
Social Thinking at Work: Why Should I
Care? Michelle Garcia Winner & Pamela Crooke,
$23.95
A guidebook for understanding and
navigating the social complexities of the workplace, this book
helps you to decode the hidden rules of the social world by explaining how we
think about our own, as well as other people's thoughts and emotions.
Succeeding in College with Asperger Syndrome: a
Student Guide. John Harpur, Maria Lawlor & Michael Fitzgerald,
$24.95
A much-needed guide for college and university students with AS on
how to prepare successfully for studying and exams, interacting with staff
and fellow students, coping with expectations and pressures and understanding
their academic and domestic responsibilities.
Success Strategies for Students with Asperger Syndrome
& Autism. Geneva Centre for Autism, $49.95 DVD format
Many students with Asperger syndrome and autism have demonstrated that with effective transition strategies and informal support systems, secondary school can be a rich and productive experience.
A Supported Employment Workbook: Individual
Profiling and Job Matching. Steve Leach, $47.95
A flexible tool for job developers and counselors in the disability
and employment field.
The Way to Work: How to Facilitate Work
Experiences for Youth in Transition. Richard
Luecking, $41.95
This practical guide was designed to help educators, transition and employment specialists facilitate satisfying work experiences and jobs for high school students and young adults with disabilities.
Think College! Postsecondary Education
Options for Students with Intellectual Disabilities.
Meg Grigal & Debra Hart, $45.95
Uncovers the big picture of today's postsecondary options and reveals how
to support students with disabilities before, during, and after a successful
transition to college.
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Support & Advocacy
Adults on the Autism Spectrum Leave the Nest: Achieving
Supported Independence. Nancy Perry, $26.95
This book shows that, with the appropriate lifelong care from parents and caregivers, it is possible for those with neuro-developmental disabilities to achieve supported independence and live fulfilling adult lives.
Ask and Tell: Self-Advocacy and Disclosure for
People on the Autism Spectrum. Stephen
Shore, editor, $22.95
A new look at the issues surrounding disclosure, with advice and instructions
on how, when and why to disclose in bother personal and professional situations.
An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions.
Ian Stuart Hamilton,$27.95
This dictionary is designed to help ease the confusion for anyone who
has ever wondered why anybody would wish to “kill two birds with one stone”
or “pull themselves up by their socks” by giving definitions of common
everyday phrases and guidance as to their level of politeness and appropriateness.
The Asperger Personal Guide: Raising
Self-Esteem and Making the Most of Yourself as an Adult with Asperger’s
Syndrome. Genevieve Edmonds & Dean Worton, $47.95
Autism, Advocates and Law Enforcement Professionals:
Recognizing and Reducing Risk Situations for People with Autism Spectrum
Disorders. D. Bebbaudt, $24.95
This book is aimed at raising awareness and facilitating understanding
of autism and autistic behaviors by law enforcement professionals.
Autism and Asperger Syndrome: Preparing
for Adulthood. Patricia Howlin, $52.50
Focusing mainly on the problems experienced by high functioning people
with autism…this book offers practical advice regarding social functioning,
educational and occupational status.
Build Your Own Life: a Self-Help Guide
for Individuals with Asperger’s Syndrome. Wendy Lawson, $27.95
Essential reading for those on the higher-functioning end of the autism
spectrum , helping them to get the most out of a world that is often confusing
and aiding those close to them in understanding their perspective.
Coming Out Asperger: Diagnosis, Disclosure and
Self-Confidence. Dinah Murray, editor, $26.95
A unique and fascinating insight into the important issue of diagnosis
disclosure, this book is an essential guide for people with AS, parents,
teachers, professionals and all those who have ever felt confused about
revealing a personal issue.
Dangerous Encounters: Avoiding Perilous Situations
with Autism: a Streetwise Guide for all Emergency Responders, Retailers
and Parents. Bill Davis & Wendy Goldband Schunick, $29.95
Stressing safety and awareness in everyday situations, Dangerous
Encounters shows how to avoid serious confrontations when a person
with autism may be involved.
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Finding Our Way: Practical Solutions
for Creating a Supportive Home and Community for the Asperger Syndrome
Family. Kristi Sakai, $22.95
Kristi Sakai lives on a farm in
Oregon
with her husband Nubuo, and their three children, Tom, Kito and Kaede,
all of whom have Asperger Syndrome.
How to Start a Conversation and Make Friends.
Don Gabor, $15.99
With simple and dynamic guidelines, this easy-to-read book helps the
reader to use effective body language, keep a conversation going, avoid
conversation pitfalls and identify your personal conversational style.
Incentives for Change: Motivating People with Autism
Spectrum Disorders to Learn and Gain Independence.
Lara Delmolino & Sandra Harris, $20.95
A comprehensive and readable guide for parents, educators, clinicians
and others who are working to encourage independence and self-management
skills in children & adults with autism.
Living Well On the Spectrum: How to Use Your Strengths to Meet the Challenges of Asperger Syndrome/High-Functioning Autism. Valerie Gaus, $24.50
A wealth of stories, questionnaires, worksheets, and concrete examples help you find personalized solutions to problems you are likely to encounter.
Ready or Not, Here Life Comes.
Mel Levine, $19.00
Mel Levine shows how hard it is for kids to grow into productive adults—with
and without learning and social impairments—and what can be done to help
them succeed..
Relationship Development Intervention with Children,
Adolescents and Adults. Steven Gutstein & Rachelle Sheely,
$37.95
Social and emotional development activities for AS, autism, PDD and
nonverbal learning disorders.
Right Address, Wrong Planet: Children
with Asperger Syndrome Becoming Adults. Gena Barnhill, $23.95
Blending research and personal experience, author Gena Barnhill shows
how families and professionals can negotiate the fine line between nurturing
support and supporting independence as AS children & teens grow toward
adulthood.
A Self-Determined Future with Asperger Syndrome:
Solution Focused Approaches. E. Veronica Bliss & Genevieve
Edmonds, $22.95
The authors highlight how treating AS as a 'problem' is unproductive,
and advocate a solution focused approach which recognizes and uses the
strengths of people with AS to foster mutual respect and understanding.
Supporting Individuals with Autism
Spectrum Disorder in Recreation. Phyllis Coyne & Anne Fullerton,
$36.50
This well-researched and developed guide opens the door to meaningful
leisure experiences for children, youth and adults with ASD.
Understanding Death and Illness and What They Teach
About Life: an Interactive Guide for Individuals with Autism or Asperger’s
and their Loved Ones. Catherine Faherty, $26.50
Author Catherine Faherty offers detailed, concrete explanations of
illness, dying, losing a pet, and more. The Communication Forms following
each short topic will engage learners and include them in the conversation,
allowing them to share personal experiences, thoughts, and concerns.
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Personal
Stories
Asparagus Dreams. Jessica
Peers, $26.95
Author Jessica Peers takes the reader right inside what it feels like
to have Asperger syndrome and opens the door to the difficulties, and
rewards, of this condition.
Asperger’s Syndrome and Adults: Is
Anyone Listening? Karen E. Rodman, editor, $23.95
Essays and poems by partners, parents and family members of adults
with Asperger’s syndrome.
Beyond the Wall: Personal Experiences with Autism
and Asperger Syndrome. Stephen
Shore, $22.95
A warm and remarkable journey into the life of an “aspie”.
A Blessing and a Curse: Autism and
Me. Caiseal Mór, $21.95
In this courageous and captivating autobiography, Mór vividly captures
his early experiences of dissociation from his true existence—a common
reaction by children suffering from repeated abuse—and the various personas
he lived through in his teens and early adulthood.
Exiting Nirvana: a Daughter’s Life
with Autism. Clara Claiborne Park,
$27.95
Clara
Claiborne Park’s
earlier work, The Siege, covered the early years of her autistic
daughter’s life. Exiting Nirvana is the moving and eloquent
portrait of Jessy as an adult, still struggling with language, hypersensitivities
and social interactions – but achieving far more than her parents could
have hoped for, as an artist and an active member of her community.
The Feeling’s Un-Mutual: Growing Up
with Asperger Syndrome (Undiagnosed). Will Hadcroft, $28.95
This original and highly readable book offers a fresh insight into
the experience of AS and illustrates some of the more subtle expressions
that can result in social phobias, obsessive behaviors and misunderstandings
at school and in the workplace.
Living the Good Life with Autism.
Edgar R. Schneider, $29.95
Edgar Schneider discovered in retirement that he has high-functioning
autism and at last had an explanation for his life-long struggles with
his many differences.
Making Sense of the Unfeasible: My
Life Journey with Asperger Syndrome. Marc Fleisher, $23.95
The personal story of a young man, diagnosed at age 11 with Asperger
Syndrome and his difficult journey to a full and satisfying life as an
academic and mathematician.
Paper Words: Discovering and Living
with My Autism. Judy Endow, $22.50
The reader is swept up into a fast-paced journey of how Judy noticed
her differences early on, how she discovered her autism, and how she embraces
life autistically.
Pretending to Be Normal: Living with Asperger’s
Syndrome. Liane Holliday Willey, $22.95
Both the author and her daughter have Asperger Syndrome. In this lively,
hopeful and encouraging book, the author shares her history, optimism
and practical advice on living with AS.
Spirituality and the Autism Spectrum.
Abe Isanon, $27.95
A unique exploration of the spirituality of people on the autism spectrum.
Women from Another Planet? Our Lives
in the Universe of Autism. Jean Kearns Miller, $23.95
A collection of poems, stories and reflections from women who are “on
the spectrum”.
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Sexuality
Asperger’s Syndrome and Sexuality: from Adolescence
through Adulthood. Isabelle Henault, $29.95
A comprehensive sex education program for those with AS.
Autism/Asperger’s and Sexuality: Puberty and Beyond.
Jerry & Mary Newport, $21.50
A groundbreaking, personal look at the sexual challenges of those diagnosed
with autism or Asperger’s syndrome, written by a couple who are both on
the autism spectrum.
Doing What Comes Naturally?
Orieda Horn Anderson, $26.95
A warm and compassionate look at dispelling the myths and challenging
attitudes regarding people with developmental disabilities and their sexuality.
Just Say Know! Understanding and Reducing the Risk
of Sexual Victimization of People with Developmental Disabilities.
Dave Hingsburger, $20.95
Love, Sex and Long-Term Relationships:
What People with Asperger Syndrome Really Really Want. Sarah
Hendrickx, $24.95
Many people on the autism spectrum have limited knowledge
of how to establish or conduct sexual relationships: drawing on extensive
research with people on the autism spectrum, the book openly explores
the desires, needs and preferences of people with AS in their own words.
Making Sense of Sex: a Forthright Guide to Puberty,
Sex and Relationships for People with Asperger's Syndrome. Sarah
Attwood, $22.95
A thorough guide
written in unambiguous language with helpful diagrams, explanations and
practical advice for young people approaching puberty and beyond.
Sex, Sexuality and the Autism Spectrum.
Wendy Lawson, $24.95
Personal, practical, witty and frank, this is an exploration of how
differing cognitive styles and sensory profiles can impact on communicating
and connecting in intimate relationships.
S.T.A.R.S.: a Social Skills Training Guide for Teaching
Assertiveness, Relationship Skills and Sexual Awareness. Susan Heighway
& Susan Kidd Webster, $21.50
Specially designed for teaching adolescents and adults with developmental
disabilities, the STARS model focuses on four areas: Understanding Relationships,
Social Skills Training, Sexual Awareness and Assertiveness—with
the goals of promoting positive sexuality and preventing sexual abuse.
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